ithe World’s first Business Computer: Review, European Journal of Information Systems, Vol.7, pp 74-75.
Braithwaite, M. (1998) User-Driven Innovation: Read More »
in Behr, B. (editor) LEO Computer Society Newsletter: http://www.leo- computers.org.uk/images/2014_Newsletter.pdf
Bradford, J. (2014) Information Age at the Science Museum celebrates LEO Read More »
Newsletter of LEO Computers Society, Vol. 5, Spring, pp 1 – 14. The issue includes articles by Vince Bodsworth, Edd Thomas, Lisa McGerty, Graham Briscoe, Alan Cooper, Tony Morgan, and Dag Spicer, as well as an introduction by Peter Byford.
https://www.leo-computers.org.uk/images/Leo%20Newsletter%20Spring%202019.pdf
Bodsworth, V., (2019), Editor: LEO Matters, Read More »
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, online, 19th May 2011
Bird, P., (2011), Thomas Raymond Thompson. Obituary, Read More »
- the Lyons, Financial Director, January 2002 https://the-cfo.io/2002/01/15/lessons-from-leo-the-lyon/ May need to register
Berry, T. (2002) Lessons from LEO Read More »
- Review, ACM Computing reviews, July, http://www.computingreviews.com/review/Review_review.cfm?review_id=120073&li stname=search – link takes you to the login page of ‘Computing Reviews’ .
Bergin, T. J (1997) User-Driven Innovation: Read More »
DOB 1929
Interviewer: Thomas Lean, British Library
Date of Interview: 2010 Reference: C1379/16 Role in LEO: Programmer Joined LEO: 1953
Role in LEO: Programmer
Abstract: This is a full oral history of the life of Mary Coombs as part of the British Libraries Oral History series on the life of selected British Computer scientists.
Repository: British Library, National Life Stories, an oral history of British Science Type of recorder: Marantz PMD661 on secure digital (Sessions 1-4) Marantz PMD660 on
compact flash (Sessions 5-9) Recording format: Wav 24 bit 48 kHz (sessions 1-4) WAV 16 bit 48 kHz (sessions 5-9) Total no. of tracks 9 Stereo Total Duration 07 hours:14 minutes:40 seconds
Transcript: Here and Here
Copyright/Clearance: Open except for 00:56:57 – 00:59:15 of track 7 and 00:21:51 – 00:22:49 of
track 9; these sections are closed for 30 years until June 2041.
Interviewee: Mary Coombs (née Blood) 1 Read More »
Improbable Story of LEO, Resurrection, Number 88, Winter/Spring, 2019/2020, online at The Computer Conservation Society
Aeberhard, J., (2019), From Tea Shops to Computer Company: Read More »
The Times Supplement Tomorrow’s Today, 24 page supplement sponsored by Microsoft, pp 20-21, May 31st. Hilary Caminer holds a copy.