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1981 Offered the GEC 4000 series processor which were used in ''Prestel''<ref>The Times Feb. 24, 1981</ref> | 1981 Offered the GEC 4000 series processor which were used in ''Prestel''<ref>The Times Feb. 24, 1981</ref> | ||
1981 GEC Computers was a member of a consortium offering the Prestel viewdata system; the other members were [[British Telecom]] and Aregon International, responsible for the software (using the ''Babbage'' language, developed | 1981 GEC Computers was a member of a consortium offering the Prestel viewdata system; the other members were [[British Telecom]] and Aregon International, responsible for the software (using the ''Babbage'' language, developed for use on GEC computers)<ref>The Times Dec. 18, 1981</ref> | ||
1986 Offered ''Series 41'' computers for use in packet-switching networks<ref>The Times Apr. 18, 1986</ref> | 1986 Offered ''Series 41'' computers for use in packet-switching networks<ref>The Times Apr. 18, 1986</ref> | ||
Revision as of 17:00, 25 September 2020
GEC Computers Ltd., of Borehamwood, Herts.
part of GEC
1968 Marconi-Elliott Computer Systems was created to handle the 4 computer designs that were not part of the portfolio transferred to ICL on ite formation[1]
At some point name changed to GEC Computers
1973 GEC Computers made use of the GEC 2050 processor in control terminals for data processing[2]
1981 Offered the GEC 4000 series processor which were used in Prestel[3]
1981 GEC Computers was a member of a consortium offering the Prestel viewdata system; the other members were British Telecom and Aregon International, responsible for the software (using the Babbage language, developed for use on GEC computers)[4]
1986 Offered Series 41 computers for use in packet-switching networks[5]
1987 Supplied 2 computers to a steel mill in Ohio for control of the rolling process[6]