Lenaerts Notebook 38 (30 Oct 1962 - 8 Mar 1963)

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Notebook kept by Ernest Lenaerts during his work on the LEO computer.

Includes entries:

NB38-001:    Front cover
NB38-002:    Inside front cover and October 30 1962, Agenda for Decca meeting
NB38-003:    Analex printer, TSU test, tractor
NB38-004:    List of outstanding subjects, high and low speed print tests
NB38-005:    November 5 1962 list of outstanding tasks
NB38-006:    List of items for library, hammer wanted for print tests
NB38-007:    Printing on card with carbon copies, ghosting problems
NB38-008:    Contact names
NB38-009:    To do list for library
NB38-010:    Edgar Steiner, USA to do   tests on paper
NB38-011:    November 8 1962, outstanding tasks list,
NB38-012:    Stacking device, ribbon life
NB38-013:    Organising social clubs
NB38-014:    November 12 1962, possibility of using Analex 300 printer with LEO
NB38-015:    List of letters and meetings high speed camera
NB38-016:    High speed camera cont., sunbeam mixer motor
NB38-017:    Representative name [from Loctite], measurements for shelves, cupboards [for library]
NB38-018:    Board measurements for library
NB38-019:    November 22 1962, LEO II/5 spools chipping hubs, cleaning and other tape deck issues
NB38-020:    Tape spools cont., spool sent  from Ilford
NB38-021:    Journal articles, to do list, Analex hammer
NB38-022:    Library meeting, stationary including carbons vs NCR (no carbon required) and US paper
NB38-023:    November 29 1962,almost empty pages - camera sprocket drive
NB38-024:    People responsible for statistics on returned components, grease problems in ball races
NB38-025:    Ball races cont.,   library shelving diagram
NB38-026:    Write to Ampex about actuator tests, more library specifications
NB38-027:    FR300 tape decks and reactive pressure blowers, LEO III [engineering] meeting
NB38-028:    LEO III/2 and III/3, other misc. items
NB38-029:    Tape rewind, LEO III/1 list
NB38-030:    Dirt, print quality, fault times
NB38-031:    December 11 1962, Decca tape spool, pinch rollers, library book budget
NB38-032:    Stuart Williams, new printer mechanism
NB38-033:    December 13 1962, pinch rollers, grit and rubber quality
NB38-034:    December 14 1962, LEO I out of service 1966,  list of valves with comments
NB38-035:    Christmas card list, list of [transistors]
NB38-036:    To do - get requirements LEO II & III, electronic parts, maintenance
NB38-037:    High cost of American components, book reference
NB38-038:    Shut down durations
NB38-039:    December 19 (?) 1962,Visit to P. W. Mann, description of their installation (Honeywell)
NB38-040:    P.W. Mann cont., peripherals
NB38-041:    December 19 1962,[tape] recorder problems at Hartree house
NB38-042:    Factors to consider for peripherals, dirt on printer hammers of II/4
NB38-043:    Hammers cont., micro[?] for small adjustments of position
NB38-044:    December 27 1962, allocation of tasks, equipment problems
NB38-045:    Purchase of camera, [circuit] diagram
NB38-046:    To do list, 2 x diagrams
NB38-047:    Return of components, cost of [?]
NB38-048:    January 2 1963: Anakex printer hammer tests, actuator specifications
NB38-049:    Note to send list of books, list of requirements for a car
NB38-050:    January 7 1963, car requirements cont., visit by MD of Harot Buckley
NB38-051:    January 7 1963 and January 8 1963, Decca spec. for tape, discussions with ABB
NB38-052:    Reference on thyratrons, figures to log for [new] Analex printer
NB38-053:    January 11 1963, treating hammers, report on faults
NB38-054:    January 11 1963, figures for variation in line spacing, LEO II meeting
NB38-055:    January 14 1963, to do list, joints and alternatives to soldering
NB38-056:    Diode tester circuit, book reference
NB38-057:    Circuit diagrams
NB38-058:    Discussion with A K [Forms], continued operation of LEO I for 3 or 4 years
NB38-059:    January 22 1963, pinch rollers rubber quality, heat transfer printing process
NB38-060:    List of measurements, appointments
NB38-061:    January 23 1963, SCR [silicon controlled resistor ?] testing, including diagram and results
NB38-062:    SCR testing cont.
NB38-063:    JMMP information on printer hammer dwell time
NB38-064:    Printer hammers from LEO III/1, wear and dust
NB38-065:    Hammers cont. discontinuous movement
NB38-066:    January 28 1963, hammers cont., heat transfer addressograph
NB38-067:    January 29 1963, references on selection of typeface, font selection
NB38-068:    'Pencilgram' printing on LEO III/1 printer, wobbly lines
NB38-069:    Time of print cycle, measurements and costs of library shelving
NB38-070:    [circuit] diagram, measurements [for shelves]
NB38-071:    Quarterly expenses 1962/1963, type face from Virtue and Co. Ltd
NB38-072:    February 4 1963, scope and purpose of tests and diagnosis,
NB38-073:    February 5 1963, description of image retaining panel from Thorn Electrical
NB38-074:    Testing thyratron, estimate for car damage
NB38-075:    Magneitc tape spool gauge clearance
NB38-076:    February 7 1963, Premier Coachworks address, :[Chas Ashby], process for return of components from LEO II and III
NB38-077:     Contact information for electronic component suppliers
NB38-078:     Measurements and diagram for shelving
NB38-079:    [kinetic] rollers on Elliot card reader, possible eccentricity
NB38-080:    Investigation of pinch roller surfaces
NB38-081:    Ampex magentic tape deck, [roller surface compressibility]
NB38-082:    February 15 1963, shelving for library ordered, LEO III/1 pinch rollers
NB38-083:    Requirements for printer, compressibility and hardness
NB38-084:    To do list, records of [performance of] LEO III components
NB38-085:    March 4 1963, power supply, paper feed, to do list
NB38-086:    Carbonless stationary, library shelving, train times Kidsgrove, Manchester , Wakefield
NB38-087:    Hogarth Press, font for high speed printer
NB38-088:    March 8 1963, height of character and linearity of printing
NB38-089:    Measurements, followed by 6 blank pages
NB38-090:    Upside-down section, telephone number
NB38-091:    Upside-down section and inside back cover, expenses calibration of microscope
NB38-092:    Back cover

Date : 30th October 1962 to 8th March 1963

Physical Description : 1 bound volume (92 pages), paper; manuscript

Provenance :
The notebooks are being digitised while on loan to The Centre for Computing History from the LEO Computers Society, with the kind permission of the Lenaerts family.



Archive References : CMLEO/EL/NB/38 , CCH LI 57

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH76461. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.
 
Article: Lenaerts Notebook 38 (30 Oct 1962 - 8 Mar 1963)

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