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Computer Technology Ltd blanking plate

circa 1972

Computer Technology Ltd blanking plate

circa 1972

Computer Technology Ltd Cable

1972

Computer cable manufactured by Computer Technology Ltd

circa 1972

Computer cable manufactured by Computer Technology Ltd

circa 1972

Computer cable manufactured by Computer Technology Ltd

circa 1972

Computer Technology Cable

1972

Computer cable manufactured by Computer Technology Ltd

circa 1972

Computer cable manufactured by Computer Technology Ltd

circa 1972

Computer cable manufactured by Computer Technology Ltd

circa 1972

Computer Technology Ltd powered tape winder

circa 1972

Blanking plate made by Computer Technology

circa 1972

Blanking plate made by Computer Technology

circa 1972

Blanking plate made by Computer Technology

circa 1972

Blanking plate made by Computer Technology

circa 1972

Blanking plate made by Computer Technology

circa 1972

Blanking plate made by Computer Technology

circa 1972

Nuts, bolts and washers

circa 1972

Nuts and bolts

circa 1972
Mass spectrometer, LaserMat MALDI mass spectrometer, made by Finnigan Instruments, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, 1990.

LaserMat MALDI mass spectrometer

1990
Tape winder (hand-powered paper tape re-winder), used at UMIST by the Computation Department, circa 1972.

Tape winder, UMIST

circa 1972
Interview with David Allen conducted by Richard Spoors on the 26th of January 2022. Duration 1 hr 49min 45 sec. Early Life; early career; Career in the civil Service; Training with the Ministry of Defence; Costing and Budgetary work; Joins British rail as a Computer Auditor; Training as a Systems Analyst; Moved to Doncaster as Divisional Finance Officer in the Operating Division of the eastern Region; Divisional Finance office structure; meeting Bob Reid; new Role as British railways Board presenter at finance courses; Lecturer at business schools; Government/railway relationships; Public sector Obligation Grant; external financing limits; cost analysis and control; sectorisation; Railtrack; Transmark position in Botswana for 14 months; Role as Corporate Budgets officer in London for all things non-rail; non rail businesses sold off in 1980s; sale of BRB property; Sectorisation and the future of privatisation; development of incremental cost analysis; Director is Finance at Railtrack; development of Railtrack accounting system; problems; Retirement in 1996; Railtrack’s business ethos; Pension Funds; Reflection and conclusion

David Allen interviewed by Richard Spoors

2022-01-26
Metal blanking plate manufactured by Computer Technology Ltd, 1972

Computer Technology Ltd blanking plate

circa 1972
"Volumeter" for measuring respiratory volume in anaesthesia, artificial respiration or tests of pulmonary function, by Drager, Hemel Hempstead, 1956-1970

"Volumeter" for measuring respiratory volume in anaesthesia

1956-1970
Target plates, approximately 100 contained in three original boxes, used with LaserMat MALDI mass spectrometer at the Oxford Glycobiology Institute, made by Finnigan Instruments, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, 1990.

Target plates for LaserMat mass spectrometer

1990
Desiccator, dry seal, in "Phoenix" glass by Jencons Scientific Apparatus Makers, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, 1980-1980

Desiccator, Dry Seal

1900-1980
Spinner flask by Jencons, Hemel Hempstead, Herts

Spinner flask by Jencons, Hemel Hempstead, Herts

Disk in case, for disk drive of 48K minicomputer. made by Computer Technology Ltd, Hemel Hempstead, 1972.

Computer Technology Ltd disk

1972