Moving Targets: Elliott-Automation And The Dawn Of The Computer Age In Britain, 1947 ?67 (History Of Computing)

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.

• • Author: Simon Lavington
• • Publisher: Springer
• • Publication Date: Sep 26, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 731 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 144712636X
• • ISBN-13: 9781447126362