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61006 Autolector Document Reader prototype


Description of Photograph

Photograph of the prototype of the Autolector Document Reader, first developed by Parnall at Bristol. Peter Bird notes in his published caption that this early version of the machine was designed initially to read football coupons.

Published in Bird, Peter  LEO - The First Business Computer  (Wokingham: Hasler, 1994), plate 75.

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


Date: early 1960s

Photographer: Thompson, Stanley

Physical Description: 1 photographic print; colour

Archives Hub References: CMLEO/PB/PH/3/61006
PJB/3/1/12

Other References: DCMLEO20190809019
                  
                  
                  
                  


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Photograph of 61006  Autolector Document Reader prototype

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Stanley Thompson

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