Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Scientific Instrument Firms as Computer Manufacturers in the 1950s and 1960s

David, Simon Lavington has written a book, to be published in the new year by Springer, about Elliot Brothers computers. Elliott Bros was a UK scientific instrument maker established in the 1890s. They made computers from c.1950 to mid 1970s. Simon's email is: lavis@essex.ac.uk Martin -- Martin Campbell-Kelly, Dept of Computer Science University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K. voice: +44 24 7652 3193 fax: +44 24 7657 3024 email: M.Campbell-Kelly@warwick.ac.uk