{"title":"Early Ferranti computers and UK defence applications","authors":"S. Lavington","doi":"10.1109/HISTELCON47851.2019.9039977","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Nine Ferranti Mark I and Mark I* computers were delivered between 1951 and 1957. Three of these went to UK defence establishments. These installations are described, with particular focus on the computer which went to GCHQ Cheltenham. Keywords: Ferranti Mark I, GCHQ, Aldermaston, Fort Halstead.","PeriodicalId":377309,"journal":{"name":"2019 6th IEEE History of Electrotechnology Conference (HISTELCON)","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2019 6th IEEE History of Electrotechnology Conference (HISTELCON)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/HISTELCON47851.2019.9039977","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Nine Ferranti Mark I and Mark I* computers were delivered between 1951 and 1957. Three of these went to UK defence establishments. These installations are described, with particular focus on the computer which went to GCHQ Cheltenham. Keywords: Ferranti Mark I, GCHQ, Aldermaston, Fort Halstead.