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Lyons Electronic Office was a brave start for a company that ran corner tea shops, they decided in 1949 to investigate the computer for their office functions. The design was based on the [[EDSAC]]. The public anouncement of its running in production was in April 1954 but it had at that time been under test and doing some government work for 18 months.
Lyons Electronic Office was a brave start for a company that ran corner tea shops, they decided in 1949 to investigate the computer for their office functions. The design was based on the [[EDSAC]].  
 
There was a public anouncement in "Electronic Engineering" of its running in production in April 1954 but it had at that time been under test and doing some government work for 18 months.


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Revision as of 12:34, 24 May 2007

Lyons Electronic Office was a brave start for a company that ran corner tea shops, they decided in 1949 to investigate the computer for their office functions. The design was based on the EDSAC.

There was a public anouncement in "Electronic Engineering" of its running in production in April 1954 but it had at that time been under test and doing some government work for 18 months.