Compuer delivery!

[didymus]

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Norwich City Council’s first computer, being delivered to the City Treasurer’s Department in Bethel Street, Norwich in 1957. The City of Norwich, and its forward-thinking Treasurer, Mr A.J. Barnard, were pioneers in the application of computer technology to the work of UK local authorities and businesses. In 1953-4, Mr Barnard and his team began looking for an electronic system to handle its rates and payroll. They began discussions with Elliott Brothers of London in 1955, and the City Council ordered the first Elliott 405 computer from them in January 1956. It was delivered to City Hall in February 1957 and became operational in April 1957. The event was celebrated by a demonstration of the machine in front of the Lord Mayor of Norwich and the press on 3 April 1957.

 

[SnowAngels]

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Norwich City Council’s first computer, being delivered to the City Treasurer’s Department in Bethel Street, Norwich in 1957. The City of Norwich, and its forward-thinking Treasurer, Mr A.J. Barnard, were pioneers in the application of computer technology to the work of UK local authorities and businesses. In 1953-4, Mr Barnard and his team began looking for an electronic system to handle its rates and payroll. They began discussions with Elliott Brothers of London in 1955, and the City Council ordered the first Elliott 405 computer from them in January 1956. It was delivered to City Hall in February 1957 and became operational in April 1957. The event was celebrated by a demonstration of the machine in front of the Lord Mayor of Norwich and the press on 3 April 1957.

That’s awesome!

 

[didymus]

Here are a couple articles about the National Elliot computers.

 

[tabycat]

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Norwich City Council’s first computer, being delivered to the City Treasurer’s Department in Bethel Street, Norwich in 1957. The City of Norwich, and its forward-thinking Treasurer, Mr A.J. Barnard, were pioneers in the application of computer technology to the work of UK local authorities and businesses. In 1953-4, Mr Barnard and his team began looking for an electronic system to handle its rates and payroll. They began discussions with Elliott Brothers of London in 1955, and the City Council ordered the first Elliott 405 computer from them in January 1956. It was delivered to City Hall in February 1957 and became operational in April 1957. The event was celebrated by a demonstration of the machine in front of the Lord Mayor of Norwich and the press on 3 April 1957.

Compuers sure have gotter smaller in the past 57 years!

 

[Vim71]

But I think the real question is, Can it run Doom?

Joking aside, if I remember correctly, there used to be computers the size of Football fields too. I honestly wonder though what computers were used for back then, I’ve never actually bothered to look it up.

 

[didymus]

But I think the real question is, Can it run Doom?

Joking aside, if I remember correctly, there used to be computers the size of Football fields too. I honestly wonder though what computers were used for back then, I’ve never actually bothered to look it up.

Never played Doom, my first love was Wolfenstein 3-D (and progeny).

In a way, things have come full circle. The original model was for customers to rent storage and computing power from the behemoths you describe. After a decades-long detour into PCs it looks like everything is headed back “into the cloud”.