Review, European Journal of Information Systems, Vol.7, pp 74-75.
Braithwaite, M. (1998) User-Driven Innovation: the World’s first Business Computer: Read More »
Review, European Journal of Information Systems, Vol.7, pp 74-75.
Braithwaite, M. (1998) User-Driven Innovation: the World’s first Business Computer: Read More »
LEO Matters, LEO Computers Society, Vol 6, pages 3-4, Autumn.
An account of the author’s experience working in South Africa for LEO, slapHappe, https://slapphappe.wordpress.com/2008/06/30/on-being-employed-by-a-computing-pioneer-leo-fantl/
Brindley, H. (2008) On being employed by a computing pioneer – Leo Fantl, Read More »
Blog on Eric Scmidt Presentation , LSE 14th October,
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/studentsatlse/2016/10/18/7-ways-computers-will-change-our-lives/
Bringslid, M. M. (2016) 7 Ways Computers will change our lives, Read More »
Review of Peter Bird’s book in Management Services, February, p. 35.
Briscoe, G. (1994) The First Business Computer, Read More »
The British Journal of Administrative Management, February/March, p 23 and 27.
Briscoe, G. (1994) Computing was a piece of cake Read More »
A collection of texts and
https://www5.open.ac.uk/library/library-resources/graham-briscoe-productivity-collection
Resurrection, Issue Number 73, pp25-33.
Briscoe, G. (2016) 1950s Computer Training Package, Read More »
An account of the research carried out by Graham Briscoe to discover the copyright holder for the John Simmons book LEO and the Manager and the successful transfer of publication rights to the LEO Computers Society. Resurrection, Issue Number 85, Spring 2019, pp. 25-26. The LEO archive in Dropbox includes three documents including a letter from Stuart MacNab, Director J. & Co. dated 28th January 2019, addressed to Peter Byford chair of LEO Computers Society , confirming the transfer of intellectual property rights of documents relating to LEO I to LEO ComputersSociety.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9e2er7hfs4d2a6u/Graham%20Briscoe%20re%20Lyons %20System.docx?dl=0 and https://www.leo-computers.org.uk/images/Leo%20Newsletter%20Spring%202019.pdf LEO Matters, Vol. 5,
Briscoe, G, (2019), LEO and the Managers: Unearthing its ownership, Read More »
This a was written by Tom Brooks, who joined LEO as a programmer in June 1963 working on several projects on the Post Office contract including Stores, Telephone Billing, P O Statistics, PO Savings Bank. The article reports on the project using the Post Office LEO machines to produce a Braille system to be used by blind programmers. The successful project was involved the Post Office, the RNIB and LEO personnel and was launched in response to the agreement between the Post Office and EELM for EELM to support Post Office ‘social’ applications.