On Fri, 18 May 2018 14:58:52 +0200, Martin wrote:

On 18 May 2018 11:47:41 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

On Fri, 18 May 2018 10:09:12 +0100, Tim Streater wrote:

In article , Andrew Mawson
wrote:

ICL West Gorton was originally Ferranti West Gorton. ICL was formed
from ICT and bits of Ferranti and government money.

Don't forget Elliott Automation and English Electric Leo Marconi
(EELM)
which were also force-merged into ICL.

And, going back a bit, The British Tabulating Machine Co. and Powers
Samas!
+1

Nobody ever mentions one of the last computer makers in UK CTL/ITL

I remember them. A friend of mine used to work for them. Must add the
Modular One to a list of machines I've used.



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