LEO. The incredible story of the world's first business computer
Details:
- Author(s) Caminer, David, et al
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1998
- Pages 392pp; illus
- Publisher McGraw Hill
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Innovation, diffusion & invention, inc technology & products
- Name Information: creation, collection & processing
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
An account of the Leo computer technical and commercial development, innovation and use provided in c30 essays contributed by individuals who worked on the project at J Lyons & Co Ltd and Leo Computers Ltd or who worked for entities that acquired and implemented the technology. Organised in four Parts: 1] 'The story of an innovation' by David Caminer dealing with both its technical and commercial development including the Leo I, II and III, creation of Leo Computers Ltd, acquisition by English Electric Co Ltd, winding down of the Leo technology, etc; 2] 'Pioneers' being reminiscences of four individuals at Lyons who worked on the Leo project in a wide range of capacities; 3] 'Innovators' being reminiscences by seven individuals who implemented the technology in their organisations - Glyn Mills, Stewarts & Lloyds Ltd, General Post Office, Freemans mail order, Royal Dockyards; 4] 'Innovating abroad' in South Africa and behind the Iron Curtain. Also published as David Caminer (ed), 'The World's First Business Computer', 1996