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Authors

Flynn, Peter;

Year

2003

Month

May

Article Title

Georgina Ferry: A Computer Called LEO: Lyons Tea Shops and the World's First Office Computer

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The history of computing is full of unsung heroes and heroines, their battles against disbelief, and the machines they created. This is one of those fascinating stories: the first real office computer, designed for business rather than science or research, and built from scratch by the British company of Lyons in 1949-51 -- whose primary business was their huge chain of tea-shops.

Publisher Location

Mountain View, CA

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SourceForge

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1621204

URL

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/03/05/02/1621204/A-Computer-Called-LEO?art_pos=1

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