The ICL 2900 Series was a range of mainframe computer systems announced by the British manufacturer International Computers Limited on 9 October 1974. The company had started development under the name "New Range" immediately on its formation in 1968. The range was not designed to be compatible with any previous machines produced by the company, nor for compatibility with any competitor's machines: rather, it was conceived as a synthetic option, combining the best ideas available from a variety of sources.
An ICL 2966 Model 39
ICL 2966 disk drives
Operator adding unit
An ICL 7561 terminal, used as an operator console
International Computers Limited
International Computers Limited (ICL) was a British computer hardware, computer software and computer services company that operated from 1968 until 2002. It was formed through a merger of International Computers and Tabulators (ICT), English Electric Computers (EEC) and Elliott Automation in 1968. The company's most successful product line was the ICL 2900 Series range of mainframe computers.
Former ICL offices at Amsinckstraße 45, Hamburg, Germany. In 2013 the building was converted into a hotel.
A System 4 system in 1975
Part of the computer hall at Bracknell in 1977
ICL 2966 at the National Museum of Computing
