Moving Targets
Elliott-automation And The Dawn Of The Computer Age In Britain, 1947 - 67
- Editore:
Springer London
- Collana:
- History Of Computing
- EAN:
9781447126362
- ISBN:
144712636X
- Pagine:
- 732
- Formato:
- Paperback
- Lingua:
- Inglese
Descrizione Moving Targets
This book charts the take-up of IT in Britain, as seen through the eyes of one company. It examines how the dawn of the digital computer age in Britain took place for different applications, from early government-sponsored work on secret defence projects, to the growth of the market for Elliott computers for civil applications. Features: charts the establishment of Elliott¿s Borehamwood Research Laboratories, and the roles played by John Coales and Leon Bagrit; examines early Elliott digital computers designed for classified military applications and for GCHQ; describes the analogue computers developed by Elliott-Automation; reviews the development of the first commercial Elliot computers and the growth of applications in industrial automation; includes a history of airborne computers by a former director of Elliott Flight Automation; discusses the computer architectures and systems software for Elliott computers; investigates the mergers, takeovers and eventual closure of the Borehamwood laboratories.
