21 Nov
2001
21 Nov
'01
2:58 p.m.
I was fortunate enough to get some original LEO stationary and punch
cards a few years ago. Just to see what would happen, I put one of each
on ebay and it appears not many people had even heard of LEO computers!
Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
Business was fast on the heels of government... earlier that year
in June, The UNIVAC I was installed a few blocks from where I'm
typing this (historical nobody-ever-heard-of-Jeffersonville-Indiana).
-dq
"Feldman, Robert"
<Robert_Feldman(a)jdedwards.com> said:
> I was looking at the Economist (Nov 17th) at the library last night and
saw
> the following (p. 76)
>
> The Lyons Electronic Office (LEO) began use 11-17-1951 in a British
catering
company.
etc...
See also: http://www.leo-computers.org.uk/