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Article #613298Re: Supertramp's John Helliwell, originally a programmer
From: Bob Eager
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 21:57
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2017 21:57
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On Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:01:28 -0700, hancock4 wrote: > One of the members of the Supertramp rock band found work in Birmingham > England (August ’63) as a budding computer programmer for ICL, then > Britain’s largest computer firm. (that's the entire reference.) > > rest of music biography at: http://www.johnhelliwell.com/bio2017.php They aren't quite right (being pedantic). ICL (International Computers Limited) didn't exist in 1963. The government merged a number of computer companies in 1968 to form ICL. It is likely that he worked for one of the component companies, most likely ICT (International Computers and Tabulators). But it could have been Elliott, English Electric, Marconi or Leo. -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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