60477 LEO I Gremlin

Description of Photograph

Photograph of an exploded capacitor from the main power supply on LEO I, kept by Peter Bird as a souvenir of 'the first computer bug'.

Provenance
Collected by Peter Bird as part of his research for his book LEO - The First Business Computer (1994).

Date: 3rd December 1950

Physical Description: 1 photographic print; colour

Archives Hub References: CMLEO/PB/PH/1/60477
PJB/3/2/27

Other References: DCMLEO20190510017

Related Topics:

LEO I

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