Dad had his first encounter with a computer in 1961 on a school
trip to a local aircraft design office. It was a Ferranti Pegasus. He built an analog computer
for a school project in 1963. These are some of the early computers
he worked with, or on:
- Ferranti Argus
at Southampton University in 1962.
- English Electric KDF-9
at Keele University in 1964.
- AEI
1010 at Associated Electrical Industries in 1965.
- Elliott
803B at UCNW Bangor in 1966 - About 250 were built. Only three
survive, one at the Science Museum , London. There's a simulator for it that is written in Java [Download]
- Elliott 4130
at UCNW Bangor in 1968.
- DEC PDP-7,
PDP-8
and PDP-9
at Time Sharing Limited in 1969 (also accessed from home via a
100 Baud modem!).
- DEC PDP-10
and KA-10 at Time Sharing Limited in 1970-72 (also accessed from
home via a 200 Baud modem!).
- IBM System/360
at Unilever (while at Time Sharing Limited) in 1970.
- CDC 6600
at Control Data Sciences (while at Time Sharing Limited) in 1971.
- ICL System
4 (an English Electric version of the RCA Spectra) at International
Computers Limited in 1973-76.
- ICL 1900 (1903A, 1906A & 1906S) Series at ICL in 1973-76.
- ICL 2900
(2970, 2960 and 2980)
at International Computers Limited in 1974-1983.
- ICL Content
Addressable Filesystem (CAFS) at International Computers Limited
in 1975.
- ICL [Singer]
System 10 at International Computers Limited in 1976.
- Ferranti F100-M at International Computers Limited in 1978.
- ICL Distributed
Array Processor (MIL/DAP) at International Computers Limited
in 1979.
- Tandem NonStop
1 while at International Computers Limited in 1980.
- Sinclair ZX80 home computer in 1980.
- Sinclair ZX81 home computer in 1981.
- Cray Cray-1
while at International Computers Limited in 1980.
- ICL Perq
at International Computers Limited in 1981.
- ICL Personal
Computer (RAIR Black Box) at International Computers Limited
and home in 1981 (Dad's first real PC).
- ICL ME29
at International Computers Limited in 1981.
- Cray X-MP
while at International Computers Limited in 1982.
- IBM System/370 at Automation Technology Products in 1983.
- Silicon Graphics IRIS at Automation Technology Products in 1983.
- IBM Personal Computer at home in 1984.
- Apple Macintosh personal computer in 1984.
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