| Moving Targets: Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947 - 67 2011 Edition Contributor(s): Lavington, Simon (Author) |
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ISBN: 1848829329 ISBN-13: 9781848829329 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $161.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | History - Computers | Computer Science |
| Dewey: 338.470 |
| LCCN: 2011920571 |
| Series: History of Computing |
| Physical Information: 2" H x 6.4" W x 9.4" (2.70 lbs) 710 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |