Elliott 803 - Applications

Applications

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• RMIT Melbourne utilised an Elliott 803 Computer for student use in 1966.
• Brush Electrical Machines in Loughborough UK used an 803 for design calculation on power transformers and motors.
• G.P.O. used an 803 at their Dollis Hill Research Labs for electronics design and telephone network simualtions.
• G.P.O. used an 803 at their Goonhiily Downs satellite earth station for calculating satellite passes and punching tapes to steer dishes.
• Corah Knitware in Leicester UK used a pair of 803s for telephone order processing and production planning.
• Thornber Farms in West Yorkshire UK used an 803 to process egg production data for breeding of chickens.

° Vickers da Costa, a London stockbroker, used an 803B for trade processing and payroll from 1961 to 1966 when it was replaced with a National Elliot 4300.

A small number of 2nd hand 803s found their way into schools in the UK.

• Felsted School once had 2 Elliott 803 machines, nowadays only the control console remains, it is hung up in the corner of one of the school's current IT rooms as a reminder to why the room is named "Elliott"
• Loughborough Grammar School were given the machine from Brush Electrical Machines mentioned above.
• Banbury School had 2 Elliott 803Bs, one with 4096 memory and tape, and one with the 8192 memory. They taught Elliott Autocode as a primary language but also had an ALGOL compiler. The machines last ran in 1980 when they were replaced by a classroom full of BBC B's. They also acquired the machine from Loughborough University for spares.