LEO Matters Issue 14, November 2023 has been published and circulated to Members and others. It can be downloaded by following the download link on this page .
LEO Matters
Regular LEO Computers Society Magazine
LEO Matters Issue 13, June 2023 has been published and circulated to Members and others. It can be downloaded by following the download link on this page .
LEO Matters Issue 12, November 2022 has been published and circulated to Members and others via email. It can be downloaded by following the download link on this page .
Issue 12 includes the sad news that Peter Hermon, one of the best know and very talented IT professionals in the business, and a LEO Pioneer, died on 1st November 2022 and the Obituary from Computer Weekly is on the “In Memoriam” page and can be viewed here as well as a piece in Issue 12 itself.
You can download/read it here
LEO Matters from Novemeber 2021 in desktop published format. Edited by Hilary Caminer and published by Bernard Behr.
Contents: (Clicking on the highlights below will take you straight to the page containing the item highlighted. – Note on slow Internet connections this may not work and you will be taken to page 1 in all cases).To open the whole document click on the image of the front page.
Message from Our Chairman by Peter Byford Page 1
Report on AGM Page 2
The LEO Archive at CCH by Lisa McGerty Page 3
1951 a year to remember by Hilary Caminer Page 4
My Life with LEO by Helen Jackson nee Clark Page 6
“Johnny Come Lately” by John Daines Page 7
A Customers Point of View by Anthony Thorpe Page 8
BBC’s Tomorrow’s World by Jim Johnson Page 9
Aus Mein Lieben by Alan Hooker Page 10
The Sporting and Social Side Part 2 by Peter Byford Page 11
Voice Guidance Page by Alan Williams 12
Gift and Souvenir Page 13
Dates for Your Diary Page 14
LEO Matters from May 2021 in desktop published format. Edited by Hilary Caminer and published by Bernard Behr.
Contents: (Clicking on the highlights below will take you straight to the page containing the item highlighted. – Note on slow Internet connctions this may not work and you will be taken to page 1 in all cases).To open the whole document click on the image of the front page.
- Message from our Chairman, Peter Byford
- Message from HM the Queen
- Update on the NHLF Project , By Lisa McGerty
- Special visit to Cadby Hall ,By Neville Lyons
- Zoom Zoom Zoom, by Hilary Caminer
- Braille Computing, by Tom Brookes
- Sports and Social Part 1, by Peter Byford
- My Rugby Days at Lyons – by Fred Whittaker
- LEO Bridge Teams in the 1960s, by Tom Brooks, David Alterton, Mike Lawson
- LEO Strikes Oil, by Mike Hancock
- LEO Master Routine, by Michael R Guy
- Our Latest Trustee– Philip Cleary
- Can You Identify
- Dates for Your diaries
Date : November 2020
LEO Matters from Nov 2020 in desktop published format. Edited by Hilary Caminer and published by Bernard Behr.
Contents: (Clicking on the highlights below will take you straight to the page containing the item highlighted. To open the whole document click on the image of the front page. To download a copy click on Download)
- Message from our Chairman, Peter Byford
- Update on the HLF Project, by Lisa McGerty and Jude Brimmer
- LEO I Virtual Reality, by Chris Monk Since Chris wrote this article some very good footage of LEO I together with sound has been found in the BBC archives. The Society has been given permission to use this material so look out for updates shortly
- Running Intercode Programs on a PC, By Ken Kemp
- The New Website, by Vince Bodsworth
- LEO Reunions Past and Future, by Mike Storey
- Zoom Meetup, by John Paschoud
- One of the Originals – Ray Shaw, by John Daines
- Saga of LEO I at Cadby Hall, by Stan Evans
- Readers Letters
- Situations Vacant
- Meet Your Trustees
- Sundry Items
Date : November 2020
LCS Newsletter, LEO MATTERS from May 2020 in desktop published format. Editor: Hilary Caminer.
Contents:
- Message from our Chairman, Peter Byford
- Progress Update on LEO’s National Lottery Heritage Fund project April 2020, Lisa McGerty
- The Lenaerts Notebooks, Lisa McGerty & Frank Land
- LEO Publicity Bears Fruit, Neville Lyons
- History of LEO Computers in Australia [part 2], Neil Lamming
- LEO Reunion in Melbourne on 6th January 2020, Peter Byford
- The ICL AllStars Australia, Ian Pearson
- Memories of LEO, Cynthia Reid
Personal Recollections of TRT, Frank Land - Hidden Treasures, Hilary Caminer
- LEO Goes to South Africa, Hilary Caminer
- Tony Morgan (1937-2020) – An Appreciation, John Daines
Date : May 2020
LCS Newsletter, LEO MATTERS from Mar 2019 in desktop published format. Editor: Hilary Caminer.
Contents:
- Message from our Chairman, Peter Byford
- Update on the Heritage Lottery Fund project, Lisa McGerty
- Rebuilding the LEO Archive – An Archivist’s View, Jude Brimmer
- LEO Reunion April 2019 – A Personal View, John Daines
- Spreading the Word, Neville Lyons
- Legacy by Thomas Harding – A Book Review, Frank Land
- Reminiscences – The LEO Years, Peter Hermon
- Working for Wills as a 15 year old in the late 1950s, Carole Hynam
- History of LEO Computers in Australia, Neil Lamming
- Operating LEO in Australia, John Hoey
- Memories of Working with LEO in Australia, Lex Korngold
- Reminiscences of My PR Role with LEO, John Aeberhard
- III/33 Phoenix Assurance Company – Summary of a Report, Tony Morgan/John Daines
Date : October 2019
LCS Newsletter, now renamed LEO MATTERS from Mar 2019 in desktop published format. Editor: Vince Bodsworth.
Contents:
- Message from our Chairman, Peter Byford
- The National Museum of Computing History “TNMoC”, Vince Bodsworth
- The Lector & Auto-Lector Optical Mark Machines, Edd Thomas
- Update on the HLF Project, Lisa McGerty
- “LEO and THE MANAGERS” John Simmons 1962 Book, Graham Briscoe
- A Virtual LEO, Alan Cooper
- LEO LIVES! LEO DME – Another story, Tony Morgan
- Updates from the USA, Dag Spicer
Date : March 2019
