GEC Computers - Revision history

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	'''GEC Computers''' was a British computer company, working in the [[real-time]] area. It was created in 1969 by the mergers of the real-time work of [[English Electric Computers]], [[General Electric Company\|GEC]], [[Associated Electrical Industries\|AEI]], Marconi and [[Elliott-Automation]], to form Marconi Elliott Computer Systems Limited, re-named GEC Computers in 1971. They were a subsidiary of General Electric Company of ~~England~~.		'''GEC Computers''' was a British computer company, working in the [[real-time]] area. It was created in 1969 by the mergers of the real-time work of [[English Electric Computers]], [[General Electric Company\|GEC]], [[Associated Electrical Industries\|AEI]], Marconi and [[Elliott-Automation]], to form Marconi Elliott Computer Systems Limited, re-named GEC Computers in 1971. They were a subsidiary of the [[General Electric Company]] of the UK.

	Their products included the [[GEC 4000 Series]] (including the GEC 4080). In the 1980s the company brought out its Series 63 machines, intended to compete with the [[VAX]]; the British Government bought about ten of as part of its [[Alvey Project]], about half of all of those made.		Their products included the [[GEC 4000 Series]] (including the GEC 4080). In the 1980s the company brought out its Series 63 machines, intended to compete with the [[VAX]]; the British Government bought about ten of as part of its [[Alvey Project]], about half of all of those made.

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	'''GEC Computers''' was a British computer company, working in the [[real-time]] area. It was created in 1969 by the mergers of the real-time work of [[English Electric Computers]], GEC, [[Associated Electrical Industries\|AEI]], Marconi and [[Elliott-Automation]], to form Marconi Elliott Computer Systems Limited, re-named GEC Computers in 1971. They were a subsidiary of General Electric Company of England.		'''GEC Computers''' was a British computer company, working in the [[real-time]] area. It was created in 1969 by the mergers of the real-time work of [[English Electric Computers]], [[General Electric Company\|GEC]], [[Associated Electrical Industries\|AEI]], Marconi and [[Elliott-Automation]], to form Marconi Elliott Computer Systems Limited, re-named GEC Computers in 1971. They were a subsidiary of General Electric Company of England.

	Their products included the [[GEC 4000 Series]] (including the GEC 4080). In the 1980s the company brought out its Series 63 machines, intended to compete with the [[VAX]]; the British Government bought about ten of as part of its [[Alvey Project]], about half of all of those made.		Their products included the [[GEC 4000 Series]] (including the GEC 4080). In the 1980s the company brought out its Series 63 machines, intended to compete with the [[VAX]]; the British Government bought about ten of as part of its [[Alvey Project]], about half of all of those made.

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	'''GEC Computers''' was a British computer company, working in the [[real-time]] area. It was created in 1969 by the mergers of the real-time work of [[English Electric Computers]], GEC, AEI, Marconi and [[Elliott-Automation]], to form Marconi Elliott Computer Systems Limited, re-named GEC Computers in 1971. They were a subsidiary of General Electric Company of England.		'''GEC Computers''' was a British computer company, working in the [[real-time]] area. It was created in 1969 by the mergers of the real-time work of [[English Electric Computers]], GEC, [[Associated Electrical Industries\|AEI]], Marconi and [[Elliott-Automation]], to form Marconi Elliott Computer Systems Limited, re-named GEC Computers in 1971. They were a subsidiary of General Electric Company of England.

	Their products included the [[GEC 4000 Series]] (including the GEC 4080). In the 1980s the company brought out its Series 63 machines, intended to compete with the [[VAX]]; the British Government bought about ten of as part of its [[Alvey Project]], about half of all of those made.		Their products included the [[GEC 4000 Series]] (including the GEC 4080). In the 1980s the company brought out its Series 63 machines, intended to compete with the [[VAX]]; the British Government bought about ten of as part of its [[Alvey Project]], about half of all of those made.

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	* [https://elechistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sup083GECHistory.pdf GEC History] - covers the entire history, but has some focus on the post-WWII period		* [https://elechistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sup083GECHistory.pdf GEC History] - covers the entire history, but has some focus on the post-WWII period
			* [https://www.trevorwright.com/GEC/Roots/roots.html The Roots of GEC 1670-1999]
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191219194648/http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/acd/icf/mums//gec/p005.htm GEC Systems]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191219194648/http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/acd/icf/mums//gec/p005.htm GEC Systems]
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190729180412/http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/geccl/ GEC Computers]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190729180412/http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/geccl/ GEC Computers]

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Further reading: Brief coverage in 'Moving Targets'

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			==Further reading==

			* Simon H. Lavington, [https://books.google.com/books?id=Dhk9wHXfQMkC&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false ''Moving Targets: Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947–67''], Springer, New York, 2011, pp. 451-455

	==External links==		==External links==


	* [https://elechistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sup083GECHistory.pdf GEC History] - covers the entire history, but has some focus on the post-WWII period		* [https://elechistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sup083GECHistory.pdf GEC History] - covers the entire history, but has some focus on the post-WWII period
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	** [https://web.archive.org/web/20191022021346/http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/geccl/19471972/index.html GEC Computers - parentage - history, 1947-1972]		** [https://web.archive.org/web/20191022021346/http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/geccl/19471972/index.html GEC Computers - parentage - history, 1947-1972]

	[[Category: Computer Manufacturers]]		[[Category: British Computer Manufacturers]]

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	==External links==		==External links==


			* [https://elechistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sup083GECHistory.pdf GEC History] - covers the entire history, but has some focus on the post-WWII period
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191219194648/http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/acd/icf/mums//gec/p005.htm GEC Systems]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191219194648/http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/acd/icf/mums//gec/p005.htm GEC Systems]
	* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190729180412/http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/geccl/ GEC Computers]		* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190729180412/http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/geccl/ GEC Computers]

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	** [https://web.archive.org/web/20191022021346/http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/geccl/19471972/index.html GEC Computers - parentage - history, 1947-1972]		** [https://web.archive.org/web/20191022021346/http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/geccl/19471972/index.html GEC Computers - parentage - history, 1947-1972]

	[[Category: Manufacturers]]		[[Category: Computer Manufacturers]]

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List in temporal order

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	'''GEC Computers''' was a British computer company, working in the [[real-time]] area. It was created in 1969 by the mergers of the real-time work of [[English Electric Computers]], GEC, AEI, Marconi and [[Elliott-Automation]], to form Marconi Elliott Computer Systems Limited, re-named GEC Computers in 1971. They were a subsidiary of General Electric Company of England.		'''GEC Computers''' was a British computer company, working in the [[real-time]] area. It was created in 1969 by the mergers of the real-time work of [[English Electric Computers]], GEC, AEI, Marconi and [[Elliott-Automation]], to form Marconi Elliott Computer Systems Limited, re-named GEC Computers in 1971. They were a subsidiary of General Electric Company of England.

	In the 1980s the company brought out its Series 63 machines, intended to compete with the [[VAX]]; the British Government bought about ten of as part of its [[Alvey Project]], about half of all of those made.		Their products included the [[GEC 4000 Series]] (including the GEC 4080). In the 1980s the company brought out its Series 63 machines, intended to compete with the [[VAX]]; the British Government bought about ten of as part of its [[Alvey Project]], about half of all of those made.

	~~Their products included the [[GEC 4000 Series]] (including the GEC 4080)~~.

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	'''GEC Computers''' was a British computer company, working in the [[real-time]] area. It was created in 1969 by the mergers of the real-time work of [[English Electric Computers]], GEC, AEI, Marconi and [[Elliott-Automation]], to form Marconi Elliott Computer Systems Limited, re-named GEC Computers in 1971. They were a subsidiary of General Electric Company of England.		'''GEC Computers''' was a British computer company, working in the [[real-time]] area. It was created in 1969 by the mergers of the real-time work of [[English Electric Computers]], GEC, AEI, Marconi and [[Elliott-Automation]], to form Marconi Elliott Computer Systems Limited, re-named GEC Computers in 1971. They were a subsidiary of General Electric Company of England.

			In the 1980s the company brought out its Series 63 machines, intended to compete with the [[VAX]]; the British Government bought about ten of as part of its [[Alvey Project]], about half of all of those made.

	Their products included the [[GEC 4000 Series]] (including the GEC 4080).		Their products included the [[GEC 4000 Series]] (including the GEC 4080).

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'''GEC Computers''' was a British computer company, working in the [[real-time]] area. It was created in 1969 by the mergers of the real-time work of [[English Electric Computers]], GEC, AEI, Marconi and [[Elliott-Automation]], to form Marconi Elliott Computer Systems Limited, re-named GEC Computers in 1971. They were a subsidiary of General Electric Company of England.

Their products included the [[GEC 4000 Series]] (including the GEC 4080).

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==External links==

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20191219194648/http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/acd/icf/mums//gec/p005.htm GEC Systems]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190729180412/http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/geccl/ GEC Computers]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20191022021346/http://www.cucumber.demon.co.uk/geccl/19471972/index.html GEC Computers - parentage - history, 1947-1972]

[[Category: Manufacturers]]