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| − | '''International Computers and Tabulators''' (generally referred to by the acronym, '''ICT''') was a British computer company, originally formed from the merger of two [[punched-card equipment]] companies, [[British Tabulating Machine]] (BTM) and [[Powers-Samas]], in 1959. It operated from then until 1968, absorbing [[ | + | '''International Computers and Tabulators''' (generally referred to by the acronym, '''ICT''') was a British computer company, originally formed from the merger of two [[punched-card equipment]] companies, [[British Tabulating Machine Company]] (BTM) and [[Powers-Samas]], in 1959. It operated from then until 1968, absorbing [[EMI Electronics]], [[Ferranti]] and parts of [[General Electric Company|GEC]], in the process, as a wave of mergers consolidated the British computer industry. It merged with [[English Electric Computers]] (EEC) in 1968, to form [[International Computers Limited|ICL]]. |
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| − | * [https://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/ | + | * [https://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/Maincomp/Ict/BTM_ICT_ICL_company_rev.pdf BTM, ICT and ICL] |
| − | + | * [https://www.ancientgeek.org.uk/ICL/An_ICL_Anthology.pdf An ICL Anthology] - contains ICT-related content on pp. 8-69 (of the PDF); serious history on 8-10, 18-20, 24-25 | |
| − | + | * [https://www.ancientgeek.org.uk/ICL/Another_ICL_Anthology.pdf Another ICL Anthology] - contains ICT-related content on pp. 4-34, 52-93; serious history on 4-7, 14-16, 18, 28-31, 52-53, 73-74 | |
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Latest revision as of 02:03, 18 March 2025
International Computers and Tabulators (generally referred to by the acronym, ICT) was a British computer company, originally formed from the merger of two punched-card equipment companies, British Tabulating Machine Company (BTM) and Powers-Samas, in 1959. It operated from then until 1968, absorbing EMI Electronics, Ferranti and parts of GEC, in the process, as a wave of mergers consolidated the British computer industry. It merged with English Electric Computers (EEC) in 1968, to form ICL.
Further reading
- Martin Campbell-Kelly, ICL: A Business and Technical History, Clarendon, Oxford, 1989 - ICT is covered in Chapters 9 and 10, pp. 193-225, and in Chapters 11-12, pp. 232-263
External links
- BTM, ICT and ICL
- An ICL Anthology - contains ICT-related content on pp. 8-69 (of the PDF); serious history on 8-10, 18-20, 24-25
- Another ICL Anthology - contains ICT-related content on pp. 4-34, 52-93; serious history on 4-7, 14-16, 18, 28-31, 52-53, 73-74
