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UNSPECIFIED (1995) ICL AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE BRITISH MAINFRAME. COMPUTER JOURNAL, 38 (5). pp. 400-412. ISSN 0010-4620.
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Abstract
ICL was created in 1968 as Britain's national flagship computer manufacturer through a government-inspired merger in response to the increasing dominance the UK computer market by American computer suppliers. This paper describes the R&D issues facing ICL and its predecessor companies in developing their mainframe ranges over a period of half a century. The technological issues are set in their the economic and political contexts.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | COMPUTER JOURNAL | ||||
Publisher: | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | ||||
ISSN: | 0010-4620 | ||||
Official Date: | 1995 | ||||
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Volume: | 38 | ||||
Number: | 5 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 13 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 400-412 | ||||
Publication Status: | Published |
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