23 Nov
2001
23 Nov
'01
5:59 a.m.
Iggy Drougge wrote:
>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!
Are they related to the PC maker of the same name (LEO
Jet was one of their
models)?
Nope, LEO vanished long before the PC was even a gleam in the eye of its
designer. It was merged into Enlish Electric Leo Computers in 1963 with
Lyons holding 50% of the new company. In 1964 Lyons sold its shares to
English Electric. Eventually, in 1968, the company was merged with other
enlish computer companies to form ICL.
-- hbp