Beck, Arnold, (194) Oral History, Electronic Engineer, interviewed by William Asprey of the Charles Babbage Institute, describes working for Standard Telephone and Cables in the late 1940s on designing thermionic valves for Lyons and EDSAC which failed. Asked why they failed he notes “Mainly because it wasn’t reliable enough. I don’t want to make excuses, but when development things like that started, people didn’t really appreciate the standards of reliability that were required. Down the road here at EDSAC they didn’t appreciate the troubles they’d get with the cathode failures on lots of their double diodes” https://ethw.org/Oral-History:Arnold_Beck
with contributions from Jessica Bradford (Science Museum), Peter Byford, Bernard Behr, David Holdsworth (Computer Conservation Society), Frank Land and Michael Storey. http://www.leo-computers.org.uk/images/LEONe
Behr, B. (ed.) (2014) LEO Computers Society Newsletter, Autumn, Read More »
summer, with contributions from Peter Byford, Ralph Land, Norman Witkin, Neil Lamming, Gloria Guy, Bill Sant and David Holdsworth. http://www.leo-computers.org.uk/images/NewsletterSummer2015.pdf
Behr, B. (ed.) (2015) LEO Computers Society Newsletter, Read More »
Computer Weekly. Available at: http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/The-tea-shops-that-ruled-the-IT-world Based on review of Georgina Ferry’s book A Computer called LEO.
Bentley, R. (2003). The Teashops that ruled the IT World, Read More »
A listing of mainframe computer manufacturers providing a chronology of their main products, including LEO Computers and the successor companies: IT
Bergin, T. J. (2007) Mainframe Computers, Read More »
ACM Computing reviews, July,
http://www.computingreviews.com/review/Review_review.cfm?review_id=120073&listname=search – link takes you to the login page of ‘Computing Reviews’ – need to be a member of ACM to access.
Bergin, T. J (1997) User-Driven Innovation: Review, Read More »
Financial Director, January 2002
https://the-cfo.io/2002/01/15/lessons-from-leo-the-lyon/
Berry, T. (2002) Lessons from LEO the Lyons, Read More »
Reg Hardware, Unsung Heroes of Tech, 27th September 2011
https://www.theregister.com/2011/09/27/heroes_of_tech_david_caminer/
Bidmead, C. (2011) David Caminer, creator of the first business computer, Read More »
British Journal of Administrative Management,5pp 20,21, included is brief biography of Peter Bird on page 20.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QDni8SZmBFNfy-RPbWUZX8IqmXnx_GyU/edit?usp=share_link&ouid=106995194925914651236&rtpof=true&sd=true
Bird, P. (1990/91) LEO, the Pride of Lyons, Read More »
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online, 19th May 2011
Bird, P., (2011), Thomas Raymond Thompson. Obituary, Read More »