Brief correspondence and note of a meeting.

Strachey was recommended to the firm by Lord Halsbury, and acted as a consultant for them in devising and supervising acceptance tests for their new Leo III computer. Folder includes correspondence regarding meetings, working papers and routines, programme and schedule of acceptance tests, notes and memoranda on meetings and discussions, reports on 6 days of acceptance tests, and a publicity leaflet issued on the formal acceptance of the machine.

Brief correspondence regarding a possible consultancy arrangement, and also regarding an exchangeable disc for Mod. I at the P.R.G., October-November 1973. Correspondence regarding a proposal for the Minicomputer Industry in Europe, 1974.

Note by Strachey of a visit from the President of C.E.I.R., (H.W. Robinson), regarding a possible consultancy, 1960. Brief correspondence with A.S. Douglas regarding the NIGEL project, 1962. Included in the folder is a letter regarding a possible consultancy with I.B.M., 1958.

Correspondence, including a letter dated 15 May 1963, confirming Strachey's election to the Board as Director. Includes a draft brochure of the company's services and a manuscript draft of monthly accounts. Strachey resigned as Director of the Board on his appointment to Oxford in 1967, but remained a shareholder and 'Consulting Fellow'.

Correspondence, mainly typescript. Includes accounts for years ended 30 April 1966 and 30 April 1967.

Correspondence with M. Dan Oestricher regarding a visit to Strachey's P.R.G., Oxford, and Strachey's comments on a note to appear in C.A.P. Views about research in progress at the P.R.G.

Strachey acted as Consultant to J.V. Oldfield in his research project 'A visual display system for dynamic design'; a copy of the research proposal is included. Brief correspondence regarding the project, and the high-speed data links required.

Exploratory correspondence regarding a project to write a 7090 FORTRAN translator for the CIRRUS computer at Adelaide. Strachey was willing to undertake the project in conjunction with A.S. Douglas of the Corporation for Economic and Industrial Research, and a costed plan was submitted. The project appears not to have developed.

Brief correspondence regarding advice on use of the computer for the Bank of Ireland.

Tagged folder of correspondence regarding consultancy arrangements and fees with members of the Computer Division, Decca Radar, including advice by Strachey on planning and personnel of the programming section. Strachey acted as consultant on the design of a digital data processor (D.D.P.) for the firm.

Tagged folder of Strachey's notes, calculations and routines, various dates, with duplicated background information sheets from Decca Radar Ltd. Strachey acted as consultant on the design of a digital data processor (D.D.P.) for the firm.

Manuscript and corrected typescript versions of Strachey's 'Preliminary Report on the Choice of an Order Code for the D.D.P.', June, 'Supplementary report on the Choice of an Order Code for the D.D.P.', July-August, and 'Final Report on the Choice of an Order Code for the D.D.P.' Strachey acted as consultant on the design of a digital data processor (D.D.P.) for the firm.

Tagged folder of general correspondence with officers of E.M.I. Includes: Consultancy arrangements Commission to report on the EMIDEC 1100 (March 1960) and the EMIDEC 2400 and 3400 (May 1960) Letters to N. Brown regarding Strachey's LISP functions (October 1961) Commission from E.M.I. Electronics Ltd. 'to develop an ALGOL compiler written in a machine...

Various notes and printouts headed 'Postmortem' (not in Strachey's hand), various dates July 1959, March 1960.

Report on a study of the Emidec 1100 addressed and sent to Mr. C. Metcalfe in answer to his letter of March 1960 (see MS. Eng. misc. b. 278/D.14) Typescript and manuscript draft, 26 pages, final version 17 pages, May 1960.

Two samples of data processing programs in use on the EMIDEC 2400, sent to Strachey for information and referred to with misgiving in his report.

Miscellaneous manuscript calculations and routines by Strachey.

Miscellaneous manuscript calculations and routines by Strachey.

Miscellaneous manuscript calculations and routines by Strachey, mainly concerning Floating Point.