Computers of the 1950s that a customer could buy rather than commission. The LGP-30 was an early off-the-shelf computer, the English Electric DEUCE was one of the earliest British commercially available computers, the Bendix G-15 was introduced in 1956, the Olivetti Elea series began in the late 1950s, and the Hollerith Electronic Computer was produced by the British Tabulating Machine Company. The Bendix G-15 was made by the Computer Division of the Bendix Corporation in Los Angeles.
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Wikipedia: LGP-30
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The LGP-30, standing for Librascope General Purpose and then Librascope General Precision, is an early off-the-shelf computer.
English Electric DEUCE, Wikipedia
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The DEUCE (Digital Electronic Universal Computing Engine) was one of the earliest British commercially available computers, built by English Electric from 1955.
Wikipedia: Bendix G-15
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The Bendix G-15 is a computer introduced in 1956 by the Bendix Corporation, Computer Division, Los Angeles, California.
Wikipedia: Olivetti Elea
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The Elea was a series of mainframe computers Olivetti developed starting in the late 1950s.
Hollerith Electronic Computer, Wikipedia
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The Hollerith Electronic Computer (HEC) was produced by the British Tabulating Machine Company (BTM) and was based on a design by Professor Andrew Booth of Birkbeck College, London.
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