> > I spend most Saturdays at The National Museum of Computing > at Bletchley Park http://www.tnmoc.org/ > > I look after a 1960's British computer called an "Elliott 803B", and > I have to tell you that programmers today have a really easy job > compared to the people that programmed the machines from that era ! > > PeterO Was that made by Elliott Automation? My father's company (Hallikainen Instruments) had a British division (Hallikainen Instruments Limited) that was part of Elliott Automation. I remember seeing an Elliott computer at my father's company. Elliott is mentioned several times in HI archive at http://louise.hallikainen.org/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/webinator/search/?pr=3Dhi&q= uery=3Delliott&xsubmit=3DSearch%3A .. Harold --=20 FCC Rules Updated Daily at http://www.hallikainen.com - Advertising opportunities available! --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .