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Timeline for ICT :

Date	Event
0001	C. 100 BC Ancient Greeks build the Antikythera mechanism
1873	Christopher Sholes invents QWERTY keyboard
1937	The Atanasoff–Berry Computer is first conceived
Jul 1945	Vannevar Bush publishes his influential essay
11 Dec 1946	The Williams-Kilburn tube, the first RAM, is patented
31 Mar 1951	The first UNIVAC is sold to the United States Census Bureau
4 Nov 1952	CBS News uses a UNIVAC computer to predict election
19 Apr 1965	Moore's Law is first proposed
Jun 1967	Elliott Automation merges with English Electric
11 Jun 1970	Computer terminals in homes predicted for 1980
16 Mar 1972	Varian 620/L aids research into diagnostic pictures
19 Oct 1973	Atanasoff declared official inventor of the computer
21 Dec 1978	News Article : Big money in desk-top computers
Feb 1980	News Article : Exponential market
Sep 1980	News Article : Cash and chip shortages put firms in financial straits
Dec 1980	News Article : U.S. chips to dominate
Dec 1980	News Article : Micro threat to future of TV
Jul 1981	News Article : Programming as a cottage industry
Oct 1981	News Article : Dictionary on disc helps the bad spellers
Jan 1982	News Article : Sorcerer's magic way with words
May 1982	News Article : Word processing for the first-timer
May 1982	News Article : HP 32-bit system may overtake its rival
Nov 1982	News Article : New products in brief
Dec 1982	News Article : Rival for ACT Sirius
Jan 1983	News Article : Touchy input
Jan 1983	News Article : Football crazy
10 Nov 1983	Microsoft announces Windows
May 1984	News Article : British Micro plan to relase Grafpad software
1 Jul 1984	Novelist William Gibson invents the term cyberspace
8 Nov 1984	News Article : Our night out at the pictures
27 Jun 1985	News Article : Discs galore at ZX Microfair
11 Jun 1986	IBM PC personal computer features in the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off
2 Nov 1988	Robert Tappan Morris launches the Morris computer worm
21 Apr 1989	Nintendo releases the Game Boy
Jan 1994	David Filo and Jerry Yang found Yahoo!
22 Nov 1994	Sega releases the Saturn console
31 Dec 1999	The Millennium Bug strikes, but disaster is averted
21 Jan 2004	Nintendo releases the Nintendo DS
19 Feb 2008	Blu-ray wins the HD format war
18 Jan 2012	Wikipedia and others protest anti-piracy law
6 Jun 2013	Edward Snowden reveals NSA digital surveillance
3 Jan 2018	Google discloses the Spectre and Meltdown vulnerabilities
24 Jun 2023	Museums on the Air - Saturday & Sunday 24th & 25th June 2023
25 Jun 2023	Museums on the Air - Saturday & Sunday 24th & 25th June 2023

Hardware Products

Victor V286A
Unknown
Business computer from the late 1980s (c.

Manufacturer : Victor
Type : Computer

ICT Punched Tape tool No: 588254
1966
One of the first methods of storing data and software for use on a computer was the use of punched paper tape.

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Peripheral

Sirius Model 511
1982
The Victor 9000 (English name: ACT Sirius S1, distributed in the UK by British company Applied Computer Techniques) was designed by Peddle— who had also designed the first Commodore PET—an...

Manufacturer : Victor
Type : Computer

Victor 9000
1982
The Victor 9000, first released in 1982, is a rebadged Sirius 1.

Manufacturer : Sirius Systems Technology/Victor Technologies
Type : Computer

Victor Vi
1982
The Victor Vi, possibly known as the Sirius Vi in the UK, has two slots for 5.

Manufacturer : Victor Technologies Inc
Type : Computer

Sirius Model 504
1982
The Victor 9000 (English name: ACT Sirius S1, distributed in the UK by British company Applied Computer Techniques) was designed by Peddle— who had also designed the first Commodore PET—an...

Manufacturer : Victor
Type : Computer

Victor Vicki
1984
The Victor Vicki is a portable computer from Victor technologies.

Manufacturer : Victor Technologies Inc
Type : Computer

Software Products

Victory Boxing Contender
12 October 2001
An arcade-style boxing game that pits you against various brutal opponents as you make your way towards the championship title.

Manufacturer : Virgin Interactive
Type : Software - Game

Screen Kit 1
Unknown
An arcade-style boxing game that pits you against various brutal opponents as you make your way towards the championship title.

Manufacturer : Picturesque
Type : Software

Football Manager
1982
Very early and huge selling football management game, it featured only ten teams, and stick graphics, but was one of the first games to actually give a player the chance to feel they were in charge of...

Manufacturer : Addictive
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager (signed by the author)
1982
Football Manager is a football management computer game designed by Kevin J Toms and published by Addictive in 1982 for Sinclair Spectrum.

Manufacturer : Addictive
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager
1982
After initially developing the game on the TRS-80, Kevin Toms released his football management simulator for the ZX81 in 1982.

Manufacturer : Addictive Games
Type : Software - Game

Victor MS Basic
1983
Software Package Supplied with Victor machines for...

Manufacturer : Victor
Type : Software

Cattell IQ Test
1983
Software Package Supplied with Victor machines for.

Manufacturer : Victor Serebriankoff
Type : Software - Game

Kongo Kong
1983
Inspired by Donkey Kong. ...

Manufacturer : Victory Software Corporation
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager 2
1984
Following the sale of Addictive Games to Prism Leisure Corporation in 1987, Kevin Toms concentrated on creating a second Football Manager game.

Manufacturer : Addictive Software
Type : Software - Game

Boffin
1984
Following the sale of Addictive Games to Prism Leisure Corporation in 1987, Kevin Toms concentrated on creating a second Football Manager game.

Manufacturer : Addictive Games Ltd.
Type : Software - Game

The Evil Dead
1984
Following the sale of Addictive Games to Prism Leisure Corporation in 1987, Kevin Toms concentrated on creating a second Football Manager game.

Manufacturer : Renaissance Pictures Ltd
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager
1984
Following the sale of Addictive Games to Prism Leisure Corporation in 1987, Kevin Toms concentrated on creating a second Football Manager game.

Manufacturer : Addictive Games
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager
1984
Manage a football team in this comprehensive football management sim for 8-bit micros.

Manufacturer : Addictive
Type : Software - Game

Spectrum Monitor
1984
The ideal tool to help the Machine Code beginner to get started.

Manufacturer : Picturesque
Type : Software

Football Manager
1984
Game for the BBC Micro...

Manufacturer : Addictive Games Ltd.
Type : Software - Game

Editor Assembler
1984
...

Manufacturer : Pictureesque
Type : Software

Head Coach
1986
...

Manufacturer : Addictive Games
Type : Software - Game

Camelot Warriors
1986
This is an acclaimed platform slashing game, especially on Amstrad, this Spectrum version is a colouful platform adventure, where the hero has fallen asleep and awoken in the time of King Arthur and Camelot.

Manufacturer : Ariolasoft
Type : Software - Game

The Code Machine
1986
This is an acclaimed platform slashing game, especially on Amstrad, this Spectrum version is a colouful platform adventure, where the hero has fallen asleep and awoken in the time of King Arthur and Camelot.

Manufacturer : Discovery Software
Type : Software - Game

Camelot Warriors (Mastertronic)
1986
This is an acclaimed platform slashing game, that contains the Spectrum version on one side and the Amstrad on the other.

Manufacturer : Mastertronic
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager
1986
This is an acclaimed platform slashing game, that contains the Spectrum version on one side and the Amstrad on the other.

Manufacturer : Addictive
Type : Software - Game

Headcoach
1986
Another in a series of coaching games from the early masters of the genre, Addictive games, famous in the 1980s for the Football Manager trilogy.

Manufacturer : Addictive
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager
1st January 1987
Another in a series of coaching games from the early masters of the genre, Addictive games, famous in the 1980s for the Football Manager trilogy.

Manufacturer : Addictive Software
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager 2 (Disk)
1988
Another in a series of coaching games from the early masters of the genre, Addictive games, famous in the 1980s for the Football Manager trilogy.

Manufacturer : Addictive
Type : Software - Game

Battlestations
1988
Try to stop planes from bombing your ship, with your crafts guns, which is a nearly impossible task, as planes appear quicker than you can aim, quite a late C64 game.

Manufacturer : Addictive
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager 2
1988
Coming 6 years after the first game, this is considered by some to be the ultimate football sim on the Spectrum.

Manufacturer : Addictive/Prism
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager 2 Expansion Kit
1989
Expansion for Football Manager 2 ( http://www.

Manufacturer : Addictive
Type : Software - Game

The Kristal
1989
Expansion for Football Manager 2 ( http://www.

Manufacturer : Addictive Games
Type : Software

Legendary Axe
1989
...

Manufacturer : Victor Musical Industries
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager 2 and FM2 Expansion Kit
1989
Football Manager was an acclaimed early football management sim, where the player only had control over a few factors and just nine teams.

Manufacturer : Addictive
Type : Software - Game

The Kristal
1989
An arcade adventure game where the player must sword fight and shoot their way to find the mysterious Kristal of Konos.

Manufacturer : Addictive Games
Type : Software - Game

Soccer Mania
1989
Contains Football Manager 2, Gazza's Super Soccer, Football Manager World Cup Edition, Microprose Soccer.

Manufacturer : Prism Leisure Corporation
Type : Software - Game

Ghostbusters II
1989
...

Manufacturer : Activision
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager World Cup Edition
1990
...

Manufacturer : Addictive
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager - World Cup Edition
1990
......

Manufacturer : Addictive Games
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager World Cup Edition
1990
...

Manufacturer : Addictive Games Ltd.
Type : Software - Game

Football Manager 3
1991
Spectrum 48/128k...

Manufacturer : Addictive
Type : Software - Game

Bodymapper (Acorn Version)
1991
Educational software for children...

Manufacturer : TAG-Invicta
Type : Software

Terracon
25th August 2000
Still wrapped....

Manufacturer : Sony
Type : Software - Game

Who Wants To Be a Millionaire: 2nd Edition
2004
Interactive DVD based off the popular TV quiz show Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?...

Manufacturer : ZOO Digital Publishing
Type : Software - Game

Rayman M (Revive)
2004
This is a multiplayer party game set in the Rahman universe, it involves on foot and arena based action.

Manufacturer : Revive
Type : Software - Game

Spider-Man 2
2005
This is a multiplayer party game set in the Rahman universe, it involves on foot and arena based action.

Manufacturer :
Type : Software

Rayman Raving Rabbids
2006
Ther are over 35 moves to play around 75 quirky mini games.

Manufacturer : Ubisoft
Type : Software - Game

Telly Addicts
7th November 2007
Interactive DVD based off the popular BBC quiz show Telly Addicts.

Manufacturer : ZOO Digital Publishing
Type : Software - Game

Rabbids Go Home
1st November 2009
Rabbids Go Home is the fourth entry in the Raving Rabbids series.

Manufacturer : Ubisoft
Type : Software - Game

Promotional Items

I.C.T. 1900 Series - Economic Data Processing
Unknown
Extensive promotional brochure om the ICT 1900 series mainframe computer.

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Promotional Item

I.C.T Real-Time Computer System Demonstration
Unknown
C. mid-1960s...

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Promotional Item

I.C.T. 1900 Series
Unknown
Sales brochure for the ICT 1900 mainframe system.

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Promotional Item

I.C.T. - The Inside Story of a Modern Computer System
Unknown
Promotional document for the ICT 1900 series mainframe computer, c.

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Promotional Item

I.C.T. 1900 Series Direct Access
Unknown
Promotional document for the ICT 1900 mainframe computer, focusing on its direct access capabilities.

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Promotional Item

ICT - Integrated Circuitry for the 1900 Series - The Miniature Revolution
Unknown
Promotional document for the ICT 1900 series mainframe system, focusing on microelectronics.

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Promotional Item

80 Column Punched Card Data Processing - Hand Punch Type 1
May 1962
Double-sided illustrated leaflet for the ICT Hand Punch Type 1.

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Promotional Item

80 Column Punched Card Data Processing - Automatic Key Punch Type 34
May 1962
Double-sided illustrated leaflet for the ICT Automatic Key Punch Type 34.

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Promotional Item

80 Column Punched Card Data Processing - Automatic Verifier Type 129
May 1962
Double-sided illustrated leaflet for the ICT Automatic Verifier Type 129.

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Promotional Item

80 Column Punched Card Data Processing - High Speed Sorter Type 313
May 1962
Double-sided illustrated leaflet for the ICT High Speed Sorter Type 313.

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Promotional Item

80 Column Punched Card Data Processing - Collator Types 365 & 368
May 1962
Double-sided illustrated leaflet for the ICT Collator Types 365 & 368.

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Promotional Item

80 Column Punched Card Data Processing - Interpreter Types 430 & 431
May 1962
Double-sided illustrated leaflet for the ICT Interpreter Types 430 & 431.

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Promotional Item

80 Column Punched Card Data Processing - Data Processor Type 1004
May 1962
Double-sided illustrated leaflet for the ICT Data Processor Type 1004.

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Promotional Item

80 Column Punched Card Data Processing - Reproducing Punches Types 203 & 208
May 1962
Double-sided illustrated leaflet for the ICT Reproducing Punches Types 203 & 208.

Manufacturer : ICT
Type : Promotional Item