Collectors from Holland & India please contact me... - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

26 Apr 2000

On Apr 26, 16:09, John Honniball wrote:

...
  I've heard the area around Cambridge, UK, referred
to as
 "Silicon Fen".  The Fens are a low-lying area of
 countryside near Cambridge.

 Also, in Scotland there's "Silicon Glen".  Somewhere near
 Edinburgh, I think.  Possibly referring to the HP works
 there. 
It's actually the area around Glenrothes, on the other side of the River
Forth (and parties on both sides would be offended to be confused with the
other :-)).  There used to be (still are?) lots of electronics companies
around there -- though HP is in South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, not in
Silicon Glen.  The most famous Glenrothes company I can think of is (er,
was) Rodime.

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Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York