21 Nov
2001
21 Nov
'01
10:19 a.m.
"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/ 
21 Nov
21 Nov
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/ 
23 Nov
23 Nov
7:05 a.m.
Marvin Johnston skrev:
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)?
--
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8:59 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
10:52 a.m.
Iggy Drougge wrote:
Marvin Johnston skrev:
I really can't answer that as I don't know what happened to LEO
computers. My guess is that this stuff dates back to the early 1950's
judging by the names on the stationary, but I don't know for sure.
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)?
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