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List of British computers

Computers designed or built in Britain include:Acorn Computers Acorn Eurocard systems Acorn System 1 Acorn Atom BBC Micro Acorn Electron BBC Master Acorn Archimedes RiscPC Acorn Network Computer Amstrad Amstrad CPC Amstrad PCW Amstrad NC100 PC1512 PPC 512 and 640 Amstrad PC2286 Amstrad Mega PC Apricot Computers Apricot PC Apricot Portable Apricot Picobook Pro Bear Microcomputer Systems Newbear 77-68 Bywood Electronics SCRUMPI 2 SCRUMPI 3 Cambridge Computer Cambridge Z88 Camputers Lynx CAP computer Commodore Amiga 600 (A600) - Assembled in a former Timex factory in Scotland. Commodore Amiga 1200 (A1200) - Assembled in a former Timex factory in Scotland. Compukit UK101 Digico Prince Dragon 32/64 Elliott Brothers Enterprise (computer) Ferranti MRT Flex machine Gemini Computers Gemini Galaxy Gemini Challenger GEC GEC 2050 GEC 4000 series GEC Series 63 Grundy NewBrain ICL ICL 2900 Series ICL Series 39 One Per Desk Jupiter Ace Memotech MTX Nascom Nascom 1 Nascom 2 Plessey System 250 Raspberry Pi Research Machines Research Machines 380Z LINK 480Z RM Nimbus SAM Coupé Sinclair Research MK14 ZX80 ZX81 ZX Spectrum Sinclair QL Systime Computers Ltd Systime 1000, 3000, 5000, 8750, 8780 Systime Series 2, Series 3 Tangerine Computer Systems Tangerine Microtan 65 Oric-1 Oric Atmos Tatung Einstein Torch Computers Triple X workstation Transam Triton Tuscan

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Computers designed or built in Britain include:

Mechanical computers

Early British computers

Minicomputer system prices in Britain in 19744
Company Product (with 4K bytes unless indicated) Cost for basic processor
Arcturus Electronics A18-D £3,350
Computer Technology Ltd Modular One (8K words) £8,150
Data General Nova 820J £3,725
Digico Micro 16V £1,700
Digital Equipment PDP-8/E £2,370
Digital Equipment PDP-11/20 £5,300
Ferranti Argus 700E (8K words) £3,450
Ferranti Argus 500E £8,700
GEC Computers 2050 (16K bytes) £3,530
GEC Computers 4080 (64K bytes) £21,000
Intertechnique Multi 8/M301 £2,200
Philips Electrologica P855 £1,590

ICL mainframe computers


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References

  1. "Bywood advert: Bywood Scrumpi 2 + 3 = ?".
  2. "Transam Triton - Computer - Computing History".
  3. "Transam Tuscan S100 - Computer - Computing History".
  4. Hamilton, Ross (June 1997). Continuous Path: The Evolution of ProcesControl Technologies in Post-War Britain (PDF). Department of Computer Science (Thesis). University of Warwick. p. 125. Retrieved 6 April 2019. Source: Computer Weekly, 24 January 1974, p. 11.
  5. Simon Lavington (1980). Early British Computers, pp. 23-30
  6. Lavington, pp. 8-12
  7. Lavington, pp. 31-35
  8. Lavington, pp. 57-61
  9. Lavington, pp. 68-77
  10. Lavington, pp. 36-43