RIP Raymond Bird: Designer of UK's first mass-produced business computer dies aged 101

The Register
Feb 11, 2025, 3:33 am110 ptsTrending
Engineer was behind the HEC series and more Obit Raymond Bird, who developed the UK's first mass-produced business computer, the Hollerith Electronic Computer (HEC), has died at the digitally apropos age of 101.…

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