News

• New Land LEO Archivist Post funded by AIT - Funding agreed for new Land LEO archivist post at the Centre for Computing History, Cambridge  We would like to share some exciting news with you. Since the end of our major lottery-funded project last year, we have been aware of the need to continue the important work of professionally archiving our collection of LEO material. […]
• 2024 Reunion at TNMOC - THE 19TH LEO REUNION The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park, Thursday, 31ST October 2024 Narrative by Peter Byford Thirty members of the LEO Computers Society, some with their wives, plus Simon Allen (Head of Development, Big Yellow Storage) and Anna Ryten (architect for the redevelopment project for 66 Hammersmith Road, formerly Cadby Hall) attended this Reunion […]
• LEO Matters issue 16, November 2024 - LEO Matters Issue 16, November 2024 has been published and circulated to Members and others. It can be downloaded by following the download link on this page .
• A leaflet about LEO - A new/updated leaflet about LEO has been produced for use at gatherings and in emails to people who may have an interest. It is in a PDF document which can be printed out or attached to messages. It is two sides exactly and so ideally printed on a device that can handle two sided printing. […]
• Rebuild of EDSAC at TNMoC: Presented by Andrew Herbert - Andrew Herbert, is a distinguished Computer Science practitioner who hails from the Cambridge Tradition. Having held a very senior position in Microsoft Research, in retirement he is the leader of the project on display at TNMoC to construct a replica of the pioneering EDSAC I computer at the University of Cambridge which first went into […]
• LEO on the Radio - Over time there have been a number of programmes on the BBC Radio which have talked about LEO. Neville Lyons put together material extracted from the BBC programmes together with relevant Slides to provide visual content and this was presented on 12 December 2023. A recording is available here Zoom Recording To listen to the […]
• A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD’S FIRST BUSINESS COMPUTER - December 23 Since 2018 the Cambridge-based Centre for Computing History (CCH) has been working in partnership with the LEO Computers Society on a lottery-funded project to provide a long-term, centralised home for the society’s historically important and internationally significant heritage relating to LEO (Lyons Electronic Office), the world’s first business computer, so that the collection […]
• More on the UK IT Industry Award 2023 - BCS has published an article Online here
• UK IT Industry Award 2023 - The LEO Computers Society and the Centre for Computing History have been awarded “Highly Commended” in the UK IT Industry awards for 2023., charities sector. John Paschoud, Vince Bodsworth, Peter Byford and Bernard Behr attended the Black tie event on November 8th at the Evolution Centre in Battersea Park
• LEO Computers Society and CCH win Runner up position in BCS IT Innovation Award (Charities Sector) - The British Computer Society (BCS) and Computing ran their Annual IT Innovation awards event at the Evolution Centre in Battersea Park on Wednesday 8th Nov evening. One prize was for IT Innovation in the Charities Sector and this was won by Plant Heritage with LEO Computers Society and The Centre for Computing History (CCH) as […]