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60989 Prototype Document Reader

Description of Photograph

Photograph of the early document reader designed for LEO by John Pinkerton and Daniel Broido to read imperial foolscap sized stationery.

Published in Bird, Peter LEO - The First Business Computer (Wokingham: Hasler, 1994), plate 71.

Research Comments: LEO were early pioneers in reading original documents directly into computers, eliminating problems of data preparation and making possible dynamic large scale data processing. (LM)

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

Date: c1959

Physical Description: 1 photographic print; black and white

Archives Hub References: CMLEO/PB/PH/3/60989
PJB/3/1/2A

Other References: DCMLEO20190809018

Related Topics:

LEO Document Reader Project

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