Moving Targets: Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947 - 67

By Simon Lavington

Book Overview

This book charts the take-up of IT in Britain, as seen through the eyes of one company. It examines how the dawn of the digital computer age in Britain took place for different applications, from early government-sponsored work on secret defence projects, to the growth of the market for Elliott computers for civil applications. Features: charts the establishment of Elliott's Borehamwood Research Laboratories, and the roles played by John Coales and Leon Bagrit; examines early Elliott digital computers designed for classified military applications and for GCHQ; describes the analogue computers developed by Elliott-Automation; reviews the development of the first commercial Elliot computers and the growth of applications in industrial automation; includes a history of airborne computers by a former director of Elliott Flight Automation; discusses the computer architectures and systems software for Elliott computers; investigates the mergers, takeovers and eventual closure of the Borehamwood laboratories.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848829329
• ISBN13: 9781848829329
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 710 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.4" x 9.4"