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The Computer Journal 1996 39(7):630-642; doi:10.1093/comjnl/39.7.630
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The Provision of Digital Computers to British Universities up to the Flowers Report (1966)

J. Agar *

CHSTM, The Mathematics Tower, Manchester University, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. Email: agar{at}fs4.ma.man.ac.uk

The Flowers Report strongly influenced policy concerning computers for research, at universities and at government laboratories, after its publication in 1966. In the previous decade and a half, policy was shaped by many interests, particularly those of government departments and academic centres of computer design. The issues and demands that led to the Flowers Report being commissioned, along with its conclusions, are discussed.

Received April 30, 1996. revised October 2, 1996.

* CHSTM, The Mathematics Tower, Manchester University, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK Email: agar{at}fs4.ma.man.ac.uk


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