11 Jun
2001
11 Jun
'01
3:02 a.m.
Well IU know Elliott/Ferrante/LEO/English Electric/Marconi all started
combining in the 60's, and that English electric was one of IRC's
victims. I just don't know the exact sequence and whether IRC brought
any of it about.
On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
M. K. Peirce
Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
Shady Lea, Rhode Island
"Casta est quam nemo rogavit."
- Ovid
There's
been a discussion of labour/management relations on Rovernet, and
this has led to the Industrial Recovery Corporation.
Does anyone know if the IRC meddled with the British computer industry,
as they did with the motor industry?
Funny... just yesterday, my computing history research took me
to Britain; I found the National Archive of Computing History
or somtthing like that at Manchester University (and it didn't
have a history of computing at Manchester, which was what I
was personally looking for), but it did have an interesting
online exhibit, and pointers to archives. The URL is stuck in
my browser at home, but it shouldn't be too hard to find
using Google.
Regards,
-dq