International Computers and Tabulators, known as ICT, was a British computer manufacturer formed in 1959 by a merger of the British Tabulating Machine Company and Powers-Samas. In 1963 it acquired the business computer divisions of Ferranti. It exported computers to many countries, and in 1968 it became part of International Computers Limited. The ICT 1101 was known as the EMIDEC 1100 computer before the acquisition of the EMI Computing Services Division, which designed and produced it, and the ICT 1201 computer used thermionic valve technology with drum storage as its main memory.
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International Computers and Tabulators or ICT was a British computer manufacturer, formed in 1959 by a merger of the British Tabulating Machine Company (BTM) and Powers-Samas.
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It exported computers to many countries and in 1968 became part of International Computers Limited (ICL).
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International Computers and Tabulators or ICT was a British computer manufacturer, formed in 1959 by a merger of the British Tabulating Machine Company (BTM) and Powers-Samas.
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