You can read the article at ITNOW Volume 66 in the event there is a paywall there is a brief summary below as well as the original Press Release.
A project celebrating the world’s first business computer took a highly commended second place in the BCS IT Industry Awards’ charities category. The project explores the Lyons Electronic Office (LEO) — a machine remembered as the world’s first business computer and that, more importantly, kept tea and cake flowing across the UK during the early 20th century.
Backed by the National Lottery and produced jointly by the Leo Conservation Society and the Cambridge Located Centre for Computing History, Virtual LEO 1 brings to life the original LEO computer. See more about Virtual LEO I here
The article additionally notes the short documentory film telling the LEO story produced as part of the project and available for public viewing on You Tube, and itself an award winner Viewable Here
The original Press release is on the LCS Website Here
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