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CMLEO/JD - John Daines Collection
John Michael Daines was born 1943 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. After A Levels he attended numerous company and computer courses over the following 40 years. John joined LEO Computers Ltd October 1961 as an operator in the LEO II/5 Bureau. In 1964 he transferred to the Minerva Road factory as an operator running acceptance tests on LEO III and thereafter System 4 until January 1968. He then went to the Winsford factory in Cheshire and afterwards to Kidsgrove to get the first large 4/70 machines tested for National Giro, DHSS, UKAEA. In January 1969 he moved into software development, supporting the “J” operating system for System 4 and then development on the New Range that subsequently became ICL 2900. From 1972 he worked in ICL’s Local Government unit for nearly 30 years in support, project management, sales consultancy on land and property information systems, business planning and also consultancy on business process re-engineering. Redundant March 2002 after 40 years with the same company. Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS) since 1964.
