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Perf-O-Data To Be Demo-ed A NEW company in the British data-processing market, Original Document Processing Ltd., are to demonstrate Perf-O-Data at this year’s Electronic Computer Exhibition. So, 60 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of April 12th 1961. The story continues: This is a system of printing cheques, hire-purchase slips, etc., with perforated figures which can be read by both man and machine. The exhibition,to be held at the National Hall, Olympia,Lon-don,...

Tests Of Satellite Communications Planned PLANS for the start next year of experimental tests of satellite communications in which the GPO will take part were announced in a White Paper published last week by Mr. J. R. Bevins,Postmaster- General. So, 60 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of April 5th 1961. The story continues: The satellites are to be launched in America by the US National Aeronautics and Space Adminis- tration, and a ground station is to be provided i...

Monarch To Lay Atlantic Cable In less than a fortnight, HM Telegraph Ship Monarch, chartered to Cable & Wireless Ltd. by the GPO, will sail to lay the CANTAT cable across the Atlantic. The 8,000-ton cable layer is now at Greenwich on the Thames, loading and preparing for her task. So, 60 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of March 29th 1961. The story continued: CANTAT,designed to be the first section of the Commonwealth round-the-world telephone cable, will provide 60...

Can Computers Help Management? Is British industry and commerce really aware of the possibilities of computers as a scientific aid to management? This was one of the questions which arose at a conference in Bristol last week on the Computer Co-operative. So, 60 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of April 5th 1961. The story continues: It was organised by the Bristol Branch of the British Computer Society. Mr.P. J. Loorij, of the Society for Central Electronic Administr...

Travelling Wave Tube From Hughes A new high power travelling wave X-band amplifier with 100 kW peak power output has been produced by Hughes Aircraft Company, California. So, 61 years ago, started a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of December 21st 1960. The story continues: The Hughes 307 H operates in the frequency range 8.5-9.5 kMc/s and has an average power output rating of 500 W. The high power is claimed to be due to a folded waveguide slow wave structure coupled with periodic magn...

UK made: Pimoroni switches to larger Sheffield base Electronics manufacturer Pimoroni has doubled its production, research and development and warehousing space by relocation within Sheffield. The company, founded in 2012, supplies 2,500 educational, industrial and hobbyist products through over 100 distributors worldwide. It has £6m turnover and 40 staff, and has brought all its operations under one roof with a 10-year lease in a 26,000ft 2 HQ on Parkway Drive. “We had been looking for a bi...

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There's the University of Edinburgh buying a BullSequana XH2000 supercomputer, a conversation about customer demand and inventories with Digi-Key, TSMC's latest innovations in advanced logic technology and Texas Instruments maintaining its grip as the leading supplier of analogue devices...

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