<s>
The	O
Elea	O
was	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
computers	I-Architecture
Olivetti	O
developed	O
starting	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1950s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
1964	O
,	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
after	O
releasing	O
the	O
9003	O
,	O
Olivetti	O
's	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
business	O
was	O
sold	O
to	O
GE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ELEA	O
9003	O
:	O
(	O
Macchina	O
1T	O
-	O
Machine	O
1T	O
)	O
,	O
prototype	O
in	O
1958	O
,	O
announced	O
in	O
1959	O
,	O
designed	O
entirely	O
in	O
discrete	O
(	O
diode	B-General_Concept
–	I-General_Concept
transistor	I-General_Concept
logic	I-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
and	O
following	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
's	O
announcement	O
of	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
7070	I-Device
transistorized	O
computer	O
,	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
fully	O
transistorized	O
commercial	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
mainframes	B-Architecture
were	O
leased	O
to	O
insurance	O
companies	O
and	O
energy	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
previous	O
models	O
,	O
third	O
party	O
programming	O
languages	O
including	O
COBOL	B-Application
and	O
Fortran	B-Application
were	O
used	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
a	O
specific	O
program	O
created	O
by	O
mathematician	O
Mauro	O
Pacelli	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
9003	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
floating	B-Algorithm
point	I-Algorithm
arithmetic	I-Algorithm
instructions	O
since	O
it	O
was	O
intended	O
for	O
commercial	O
data	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
teleprinter	O
was	O
used	O
as	O
operator	O
console	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
machine	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
front	B-Device
panel	I-Device
display	O
for	O
debugging	O
and	O
maintenance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cabinets	O
were	O
about	O
1	O
metre	O
high	O
and	O
interconnected	O
by	O
overhead	O
conduits	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
system	O
did	O
not	O
require	O
the	O
raised	O
floor	O
of	O
other	O
mainframe	B-Architecture
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
originally	O
designed	O
for	O
scientific	O
computing	O
with	O
floating-point	B-Algorithm
arithmetic	I-Algorithm
,	O
4-bit	O
memory	O
width	O
,	O
then	O
later	O
developed	O
for	O
commercial	O
applications	O
(	O
4+4	O
bits	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
microprogram	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
developed	O
a	O
programming	O
language	O
Palgol	O
,	O
a	O
derivative	O
of	O
ALGOL	B-Language
,	O
and	O
an	O
assembler	O
named	O
Psyche	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
the	O
electronics	O
division	O
of	O
Olivetti	O
had	O
been	O
sold	O
off	O
,	O
the	O
knowledge	O
gained	O
was	O
applied	O
in	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
successful	O
Programma	B-Device
101	I-Device
electronic	O
calculator	O
.	O
</s>
