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Description: | In the early 1970s, use of computers by businesses was still new and the machines were big. The computer shown here takes up a whole room.
London Transport bought its first computer in 1964. Computers were to be used to calculate train timetables and staff rotas. The Baker Street offices in Marylebone held the staff records at this time.
This photo was taken there in 1971. The woman is reading a ticker-tape print out. In the background, the man is checking the tapes that held the computer memory. In the foreground, the letters 'I.C.L.' can be seen on the machine: that company was formed by merger in 1969, which indicates the computer in the picture was quite new. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Work | Temporal: | 20 Jan 1971 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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