Olivetti Programma 101
When Olivetti set out to design a new method of using calculators in 1964, they didn’t expect to inadvertently design the worlds first commercial programmable “desktop” computer. But that is …
LEO III
LEO stands for Lyons Electronic Office. The LEO I computer was the first computer used for commercial business applications in 1954. It was a 1st generation computer using Valves. Two …
Digital PDP-12
The pdp12 was principally used as a laboratory computer, it is the next progression to the LINC-8 machine. There were 725 units made from 1969 to 1972. Like the LINC-8, …
Honeywell DDP-116
The worlds first commercially available 16-bit microcomputer, the DDP-116 was introduced in 1965 by CCC: Computer Control Company Inc. They were taken over by Honeywell in 1966. Only 200 DDP-116 …
IBM 1620
This IBM 1620 computer dates to March 1961. It was used to provide Education and research in the field of computer science, we believe it was used in the Eindhoven …
Digital LINC-8
DIGITAL LINC-8 The LINC-8 (aka PDP-8/LINC) computer dates from September 1966. Designed as a laboratory computer, it is controlled by separate LINC & pdp8 processing units, it’s memory is the …
ICT 1301
The 1300 series was a joint venture between ICT (International Computers and Tabulators) based in Putney and GEC telephones based in Coventry. GEC provided the electronics and ICT the peripherals. …