1970's

 Series 60 is Honeywell's new range
1106-based system for Italian courts
1906A to be installed at Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment
1906S at centre of German complex
2030A launched by Honeywell
2903 bids for bigger market
370/125 and OCR reader from IBM
3M enters the UK facsimile market
4080 traffic control for Hong Kong
5200 computers installed in Britain
90/30 fulfils promise by Univac
Aberdeen Disco leadsthe worls
Acorn Computers Ltd founded in Cambridge, UK
Acorn releases the Acorn System 1
Addition to the 370 range
Am-Ex now looks at credit card terminals
Amdahl plans to corner large scale market
Apeco launches Series 400 in Britain
Apple launches the Apple 1
Apple releases the Apple II
Apple releases the Apple II+
Argos open first 'catalogue showrooms'
Argus 700 series launched by Ferranti
Argus 700E
Ariel
ASC developed by Texas Instruments
Atanasoff declared official inventor of the computer
Atari introduces Pong
Atari launches the VCS/2600 console
BAC buys Marconi Elliott's new ATE units
BAC installs its first 2050 RJE terminal
Bankers Automated Clearing Services have Largest computer room in the UK
Barclays gets fiche system
Barclays places order for 12 Cyber 1000
Bell Labs releases the first version of UNIX
Big H6060 for STC database
Biggest Czech order for ICL System 4/72
Bill Gates and Paul Allen found Microsoft
Bob Metcalfe invents Ethernet
BOC expands again and buys Sanaco
BOC size doubled by Datasolve take-over
Boots the Chemist upgrades to IBM 370/145 computers
BP to install £2.8m Univac 1110 system
Britain exports more computing equipment than it imports
British Airways Board order for 2 IBM 370/168 queried by House of Commons
British Airways Board place contracts worth nearly £2m with ICL and Ferranti
Burroughs fills out range with B700
Burroughs fills ranks of 700 family
Burroughs flat screen terminal
Burroughs introduce the large B7700 series
Burroughs introduce two new TCS 1000 terminals
Burroughs introduces L500 Visible Record Model
Burroughs Launch B1700 Computer
Burroughs launch conversion aid range
Burroughs Launch L8000 Range of Computers
Burroughs launch more 700 family machines
Burroughs launches L7000 range on UK market
Burroughs launches new cash dispenser
Burroughs win order from Bath University for B1726
Burroughs win £3m order for B1700's
Calculator market expands
Call 370 comes to UK from CDC
Canada-UK time sharing link opens
CDC building new high-speedCyber Range
CDC installs 6600 link to the Hague
Central Electricity Generating Board doubles data transmission rates to 9,600 bits per second
Century 251 comes to Britain
CHARM starts work at Stock Exchange
Clarksons use Univac 9400 computers
CLASP computer system for buildings introduced
Clive Sinclair founded Science of Cambridge Ltd.
Clive Sinclair introduces the first  pocket calculator

Help support the museum by buying from the museum shop

View all items

Founding Sponsors
redgate Google ARM Real VNC Microsoft Research
Heritage Lottery Funded
Heritage Lottery Fund
Accredited Museum