<s>
The	O
EMIDEC	B-Device
1100	I-Device
computer	O
(	O
became	O
the	O
ICT	O
1101	O
in	O
1962	O
)	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
Computing	O
Services	O
Division	O
of	O
EMI	O
Laboratories	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
under	O
the	O
leadership	O
of	O
Godfrey	O
Hounsfield	O
in	O
1958	O
,	O
(	O
first	O
delivered	O
in	O
1959	O
)	O
after	O
one	O
year	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
magnetic	O
core	O
memory	O
and	O
transistor	B-Application
technologies	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
claimed	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
large	O
commercial	O
transistorised	O
machine	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
transistors	B-Application
were	O
relatively	O
slow	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
Hounsfield	O
also	O
used	O
magnetic	O
logic	O
units	O
to	O
speed	O
up	O
the	O
operation	O
of	O
the	O
machine	O
to	O
achieve	O
a	O
processing	O
power	O
comparable	O
with	O
a	O
valve/tube	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Secondary	O
storage	O
was	O
provided	O
by	O
magnetic	B-General_Concept
drums	I-General_Concept
,	O
each	O
of	O
4,096	O
words	O
-	O
about	O
20k	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peripherals	O
included	O
punched	O
tape	O
readers	O
,	O
punched	B-Architecture
card	I-Architecture
readers	O
,	O
and	O
line	O
printers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
24	O
EMIDEC	B-Device
1100	I-Device
computers	O
were	O
sold	O
to	O
commercial	O
customers	O
including	O
Domestic	O
Electric	O
Rentals	O
,	O
Boots	O
,	O
British	O
Motor	O
Corporation	O
,	O
Kodak	O
,	O
London	O
Transport	O
,	O
Barclays	O
Bank	O
and	O
the	O
Admiralty	O
.	O
</s>
