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* [[EMIDEC 2400]] | * [[EMIDEC 2400]] | ||
It was merged into [[International Computers and Tabulators|ICT]] in | It was merged into [[International Computers and Tabulators|ICT]] in 1962; in the aftermath, the EMIDEC 1100 was re-badged to the ICT 1101. | ||
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==Further reading== | |||
* John Hendry, ''Innovating for Failure: Government Policy and the Early British Computer Industry'', MIT Press, Cambridge, 1990 - EMI's story is covered in some depth in Chapter 9 | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [https://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/ | * [https://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/Maincomp/Emi/emi_co.pdf EMI] | ||
* [http://www.emidec.org.uk/ EMIDEC] | |||
** [ | ** [http://www.emidec.org.uk/emipicbr.pdf Emidec computer news 1] | ||
[[Category: Manufacturers]] | [[Category: British Manufacturers]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:55, 27 September 2026
EMI Electronics was a British electronics company, a part of the parent, Electric and Musical Industries. One division, the Computer Division, started to produce transistor computers at the end of the 1950s; it produced two main computer products:
It was merged into ICT in 1962; in the aftermath, the EMIDEC 1100 was re-badged to the ICT 1101.
Further reading
- John Hendry, Innovating for Failure: Government Policy and the Early British Computer Industry, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1990 - EMI's story is covered in some depth in Chapter 9
