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54922 LEO Management Meeting, 3/7/1959

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Minutes of the LEO Management Meeting, 3rd July 1959.

 

Research comments: Refers to machines LEO I, LEO II/1 (Lyons/LEO) and LEO II/5 (Hartree House service bureau).

Refers to people TR Thompson (TRT, John Simmons, John Pinkerton, David Caminer

Refers to Lyons Jobs L5, L17, L22, L23.

Refers to marketing in Australia, which is considered to be a "very favourable market for computers".

Refers to companies Normand Ltd, Esso, Whiteleys, the Mercantile Credit Company, Watson Victor, Pye, New South Wales Gas Light Company (who were due to receive an IBM 705).

Refers to LEO I and delays to the Bakery Invoicing job (L5). Also refers to a staircase in Hartree House that Lyons share with Esso and that the Hartree House computer room is excessively noisy. Cooling of computer rooms is discussed. (LM)

 

Date : 3rd July 1959

Physical Description : 1 item (2 pages), paper; typescript

Provenance :
Collected by Peter Bird.



Archive References : CMLEO/PB/CM/1/19590703 , PJB/1/1 (PJB v1) , DCMLEO20190823012-013

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This exhibit has a reference ID of CH54922. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.
 
Article: 54922 LEO Management Meeting, 3/7/1959

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