{"product_id":"scooby-doo-original-mysteries-dvd-0014764156521","title":"Scooby-Doo's Original Mysteries (Cartoon Network) (DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Elliott-Automation company was an active participant in the birth of the information age\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ein Britain\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eBy 1961, the company was supplying 50% of the digital computers delivered to UK customers in that year.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e Yet by the end of that decade, Elliott-Automation had effectively disappeared in a flurry of takeovers, leaving little apparent trace of the technical excellence that had once characterised the name Elliott\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMoving Targets\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003echarts the gradual take-up of information technology in Britain, as seen through the eyes of one innovative company. The book examines how the dawn of the digital computer age in Britain took place at various times for different applications, from early government-sponsored work on secret defence projects, to the growth of the market for Elliott computers for civil applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTopics and features: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCharts the establishment of Elliott's Borehamwood Research Laboratories in 1946, and the roles played by John Coales and Leon Bagrit in reviving an ailing company\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines early Elliott digital computers designed for classified military applications and for GCHQ, such as the Elliott 152, 153 and OEDIPUS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribes the analogue computers developed by Elliott-Automation, including the giant TRIDAC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReviews the development of the first commercial Elliott computers, the growth of applications in industrial automation, and the competition offered by rival manufacturers in Britain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIncludes a history of airborne computers up to 1988, written by a former director of Elliott Flight Automation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiscusses the evolution of computer architectures and systems software for the Elliott 800, 900 and 4100 series computers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInvestigates the mergers, takeovers and eventual closure of the Borehamwood laboratories, and the demise of Elliott-Automation and its successors, ICL and GEC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis unique text will be of great interest to historians of technology and business, and will also appeal to the general reader curious about the emergence of digital computing in Britain and the work of the previously unsung computer pioneers of the Elliott-Automation laboratories at Borehamwood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimon Lavington\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Computer Science at the University of Essex. Among his many publications is the book \u003ci\u003eEarly British Computers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49699657580817,"sku":"DVDB00003JRAIVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53422559396113,"sku":"CINB00003JRAIVG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":53428756185361,"sku":"CINB00003JRAIG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/B00003JRAI.jpg?v=1751255440","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/scooby-doo-original-mysteries-dvd-0014764156521","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}