Ferranti - Revision history

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‎External links: Ferranti-related material

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Mention Pegasus and Mercury; +Lavington, ''Early Computing in Britain"

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‎External links: +Ferranti Computers

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Round out characterization

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Typo

Archivist at 18:54, 26 May 2007

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Archivist: Ferranti

2007-05-26T17:26:04Z

Ferranti

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This was an old company that was doing a lot of electronics during the war and had contacts with the team at Manchester so it was natural that they manufactured the Mark I for Manchester University also known as MADAM and MADM

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 * [https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/sec/902/Ferranti/ Ferranti]
 * [https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/early-computer-companies/5/109 Ferranti Computers]
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 '''Ferranti''' was an old (founded in 1882) British electrical engineering and equipment company, originally involved in producing equipment for electricity supply. By WW2 they had also become involved in [[electronics]], and during the war had been involved in [[radar]] work. Like many others, their acquaintance with circuits that used pulses made the jump to computers an easy one.
-They had contacts with the team at Manchester University, so it was natural that they manufactured the [[Ferranti Mark 1]] (also known as MADAM and MADM) for Manchester; when it was delivered in February, 1951, it was the world’s
+They had contacts with the team at Manchester University who did the [[Manchester Mark I]] (also known as MADAM and MADM), so it was natural that they manufactured the productized version of that machine, the [[Ferranti Mark 1]], for Manchester. When it was delivered in February, 1951, it was the world’s first production computer.
-Through the 1950's, they continued to produce computers for the scientific and engineering market. Later, they also made [[Atlas]], which was the biggest and fastest computer in the world at the time of introduction (1962), but, of more note in the longer term, was the machine on which [[virtual memory]] was introduced.
+Through the 1950's, they continued to produce computers for the scientific and engineering market, including the [[Pegasus]] and [[Mercury]]. Later, they also made the [[Atlas]], which was the biggest and fastest computer in the world at the time of introduction (1962), but, of more note in the longer term, was the machine on which [[virtual memory]] was introduced. The latter two were also based on machines done at Manchester.
 In 1963, its commercial computing activities were merged into [[International Computers and Tabulators|ICT]], leaving Ferranti with only smaller [[real-time]] machines, for the industrial and military fields.
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 * John F. Wilson, ''Ferranti: A History - Volume I: Building a Family Business, 1882–1975'', Carnegie Publishing, Lancaster, 2001
 * John F. Wilson, ''Ferranti: A History - Volume 2: From Family Firm to Multinational, 1975-1987'', Crucible Books, Lancaster, 2007
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 '''Ferranti''' was an old (founded in 1882) British electrical engineering and equipment company, originally involved in producing equipment for electricity supply. By WW2 they had also become involved in [[electronics]], and during the war had been involved in [[radar]] work. Like many others, their acquaintance with circuits that used pulses made the jump to computers an easy one.
-They had contacts with the team at Manchester University, so it was natural that they manufactured the [[Ferranti Mark I]] (also known as MADAM and MADM) for Manchester; when it was delivered in February, 1951, it was the world’s
+They had contacts with the team at Manchester University, so it was natural that they manufactured the [[Ferranti Mark 1]] (also known as MADAM and MADM) for Manchester; when it was delivered in February, 1951, it was the world’s
 first production computer.

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 * [https://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/Maincomp/Fer/fcl_co.pdf Ferranti Ltd.]
 * [https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/sec/902/Ferranti/ Ferranti]
 * [https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/early-computer-companies/5/109 Ferranti Computers]
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 * [https://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/Maincomp/Fer/fcl_co.pdf Ferranti Ltd.]
 * [https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/sec/902/Ferranti/ Ferranti]
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-This was an old company that was doing a lot of electronics during the war and had contacts with the team at Manchester so it was natural that they manufactured the Mark I for Manchester University also known as MADAM and MADM
+This was an old company that was doing a lot of electronics during the war and had contacts with the team at Manchester so it was natural that they manufactured the Mark I for Manchester University also known as MADAM and MADM.
-They also made [[Atlass]] which was the biggest and fastest at the time of introduction
+They also made [[Atlas]] which was the biggest and fastest at the time of introduction.
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+[[Category: Computer Manufacturers]]