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* Simon H. Lavington, ''Moving Targets: Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947–67'', Springer, New York, 2011 | * 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 | ||
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* Martin Campbell-Kelly, ''ICL: A Business and Technical History'', Clarendon, Oxford, 1989 - EEC coverage is scattered throughout; consult the index - the merger with ICT is covered in Chapter 12, pp. 255-264 | * Martin Campbell-Kelly, ''ICL: A Business and Technical History'', Clarendon, Oxford, 1989 - EEC coverage is scattered throughout; consult the index - the merger with ICT is covered in Chapter 12, pp. 255-264 | ||
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Revision as of 12:41, 8 February 2025
Elliott Brothers (also known as Elliott-Automation) was a British computer company.
In 1958, in an attempt to form a strong national computer manufacturer, the commercial data processing element of Elliott Brothers was merged with International Computers and Tabulators, to form International Computers Limited. The remaining real-time systems part of Elliott-Automation was merged with similar elements of GEC, Marconi, and English Electric in 1969, to form Marconi Elliott Computer Systems Limited, re-named GEC Computers in 1972.
It is perhaps best-known to history for the ALGOL compiler for the Elliott 803, largely written by Tony Hoare (who had been hired by Elliotts as a programmer in August 1960). His experiences with ALGOL were an inspiration for his famous 1980 Turing Award lecture, The Emperor's Old Clothes - see link below).
Further reading
- Simon H. Lavington, Moving Targets: Elliott-Automation and the Dawn of the Computer Age in Britain, 1947–67, Springer, New York, 2011
External links
- Elliott Brothers (London) Ltd. and Elliott-Automation
- Elliott - manuals, marketing material and captioned images for several Elliott Brothers computers
- 803 ALGOL - manual for Elliott 803 ALGOL
- The Emperor's Old Clothes
