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Electronic Brains. Stories from the Dawn of the Computer Age by Mike Hally |
| Inspired by the BBC Radio 4 series of the same name, Electronic Brains looks at the stories and people behind the early computers and gives them voice. Published by Granta Books ISBN 1862076634 |
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A Computer called LEO Lyons Teashops and the World's First Office Computer by Georgina Ferry |
| Recounts the extraordinary story of Simmons's mission: to create a Lyons Electronic Office, the first of its kind in the world. The birth of LEO placed Britain, for a moment, at the forefront of global business technology. Published by Fourth Estate. ISBN 1-84115-185-8 | |
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now also available in paperback. |
| more information and reviews - A Harper Perennial paperback ISBN 1-84115-186-6 |
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USER-DRIVEN INNOVATION The World's First Business Computer by David Caminer, John Aris, Peter Hermon, Frank Land |
| The story of how the Leo came to be developed, with individual accounts of some of the earliest jobs written by the consultants who brought them to fruition. The authors were all part of the group that put LEO, the first busines computer to work. Published by McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-709236-8 |
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LEO : The First Business Computer by Peter J. Bird |
| The first book to tell the story of J. Lyons' pioneering work in moving computers out of the laboratory and into the office. This illustrated history gives the background of how the company was founded as well as details of the development of Leos I, II & III, with many technical appendices giving various features of the machines. Published by Hasler Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-9521651-0-4 |