LEO editor

0. Mori, E., (2022), My LEO history PhD, presentation with discussion, via Zoom, of Dr Mori’s PhD – both its main content and aspects of her journey to completion, highlighting publications, conference presentations and related work such as taking Oral Histories for LEO Computer Society. The presentation was followed by a lively discussion on her work and what it suggested for future work and projects. A recording of the presentation and discussion can be found at: Elisabetta Mori PhD

Daily Telegraph, 26th February. The article has photo of LEO to indicate size of early computers, 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/02/25/end-of-moores-law-whats-next-could-be-more-exciting/

British Vintage Wireless Society Bulletin, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 10-22. The paper includes a section on LEO III, and displays a job advert dated 1957 for Computer Engineers from LEO Computers Limited. It may be referenced and read but not copied. See http://www.bvws.org.uk/publications/bulletins.php/volume41number4

 

Anna C Page’s Blog, WorldPress.com weblog. An account of the 2010 reunion by the daughter of a LEO programmer, including photos of LEO artefacts. https://annacpage.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/leo-computer-reunion-2010/

 

The Computer Journal, Volume 8, Pages 208- 215. The paper provides a comprehensive review of UK high-level languages and includes an analysis of CLEO. See
 https://academic.oup.com/comjnl/article-pdf/8/3/208/961522/080208.pdf

 

presented at Living Legends Hidden Histories Exhibition, Corby, May 3rd 2018. Copy of presentation can be obtained from Frank Land (f.land@lse.ac.uk) and Wej Parry, (wej@theparrys.co.uk).

Living Legends Hidden Histories Exhibition, Corby, May 3rd 2018. Copy of presentation can be obtained from Frank Land (f.land@lse.ac.uk) and Wej Parry, (wej@theparrys.co.uk).

an interesting account of the merger forming ICL and the discussions involving ex Leo managers, including john Pinkerton, David Caminer and John Aris in defining the New Range to succeed the ICT 1900 range and EELM System 4 range, written by one of the key members of the New Range team. Resurrection, Spring 2019, Number 87, pages 23 – 25.

https://computerconservationsociety.org/resurrection/res87.htm#e

The newsletter of ICL Australian veterans includes a number of references to the history of LEO. Pages14 and 15 refer to the collaboration between John Pinkerton and Conway Berners-Lee, ex Ferranti.

the Newsletter of ICL Australian veterans, includes a number of references with a LEO theme: Report on Heritage Lottery Fund to LEO Computers Society and CCCH, page 4-5; an article entitled ‘Two Faces of note’ by Neil Lamming providing a sketch of the roles played by David Caminer and John Pinkerton in the LEO story, pages 16-17; and a personal history of David Llewellyn Jones, who joined LEO in Australia in 1964, page18.