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Elliott 152

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The Elliott 152 was a vacuum-tube, fixed-program computer developed for naval gunnery control at the Elliott Brothers laboratory in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, an early example of a digital real-time computer system and the first computer produced by Elliott Brothers. Only one unit was ever built, made operational in 1950.

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1950 1
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The Elliott 152 was an early example of a digital real time computer system and the first computer produced by Elliott Brothers, though experience gained from it proved valuable for the company's later computer models. 1
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1. Elliott 152 - Wikipedia
  • Main text
    The first and only unit was made operational in 1950.
  • Lead section
    It was an early example of a digital real-time computer system, and the first computer produced by Elliott Brothers.
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