International Computers Ltd
Other Business Names:
- International Computers & Tabulators Ltd
- English Electric Computers Ltd
- Powers Samas Accounting Machines Ltd
- British Tabulating Machine Co Ltd
- ICL
- Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd
- STC International Computers Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Information processing equipment production
Computer hardware equipment production
Notes:
Established 1968 as International Computers Ltd through a merger of International Computers & Tabulators Ltd and English Electric Computers Ltd. The former had been formed in 1959 by merger of Powers Samas Accounting Machines Ltd (est 1915) and British Tabulating Machine Co Ltd (est 1902). ICL was acquired in 1984 by Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd to form STC International Computers Ltd
Publications:
- An ICL Anthology. Anecdotes and recollections from the people of ICL by Carmichael, Hamish (ed)
- Another ICL Anthology. More anecdotes and recollections from the people of ICL by Carmichael, Hamish (ed)
- British Computer Industry. Crisis and development by Kelly, Tim
- Early British Computers. The story of vintage computers and the people who built them by Lavington, Simon H
- Early Computer Industry. Limitations of scale and scope by Gandy, Anthony
- Entry of Established Electronics Firms into the Early Computer Industry in the UK and USA by Gandy, Anthony
- ICL. A business and technical history by Campbell-Kelly, Martin
- ICL. A company profile by Unknown
- ICL and the British computer industry by Campbell-Kelly, Martin
- 'ICL. From national champion to Fujitsu's little helper' in E Abe & T Gourvish (eds), Japanese Success? British failure? Comparisons in business performance since 1945 by Campbell-Kelly, Martin
- ICL Story by Moralee, D
- Moving Targets. Elliott Automation and the dawn of the computer age in Britain, 1947-67 by Lavington, Simon H
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- International Computers & Tabulators Ltd
- English Electric Computers Ltd
- Powers Samas Accounting Machines Ltd
- British Tabulating Machine Co Ltd
- ICL
- Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd
- STC International Computers Ltd
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Information processing equipment production Computer hardware equipment production
Notes:
Established 1968 as International Computers Ltd through a merger of International Computers & Tabulators Ltd and English Electric Computers Ltd. The former had been formed in 1959 by merger of Powers Samas Accounting Machines Ltd (est 1915) and British Tabulating Machine Co Ltd (est 1902). ICL was acquired in 1984 by Standard Telephones & Cables Ltd to form STC International Computers LtdPublications:
- An ICL Anthology. Anecdotes and recollections from the people of ICL by Carmichael, Hamish (ed)
- Another ICL Anthology. More anecdotes and recollections from the people of ICL by Carmichael, Hamish (ed)
- British Computer Industry. Crisis and development by Kelly, Tim
- Early British Computers. The story of vintage computers and the people who built them by Lavington, Simon H
- Early Computer Industry. Limitations of scale and scope by Gandy, Anthony
- Entry of Established Electronics Firms into the Early Computer Industry in the UK and USA by Gandy, Anthony
- ICL. A business and technical history by Campbell-Kelly, Martin
- ICL. A company profile by Unknown
- ICL and the British computer industry by Campbell-Kelly, Martin
- 'ICL. From national champion to Fujitsu's little helper' in E Abe & T Gourvish (eds), Japanese Success? British failure? Comparisons in business performance since 1945 by Campbell-Kelly, Martin
- ICL Story by Moralee, D
- Moving Targets. Elliott Automation and the dawn of the computer age in Britain, 1947-67 by Lavington, Simon H