The Ferranti
ORION
Computer
System
The Ferranti
ORION
Computer
System
This currently contains
(1) A link to the original brochure whose cover is shown above,
(2) The Orion Programmers' Reference Manual,
(3) The 102 Computer memorandum No B50 entitled Extracode Mode & the
Special Extracode Orders,
(4) A paper describing the simulation of the Orion's Timesharing System
written by Henry Goodman and originally published in the Computer
Bulletin, and
(5) The report of the Orion 2 Contact group, set up by Gordon
Harvey following the Orion 2 seminar held by the Computer Conservation
Society on 29th October, 2003.
If anybody has access to additional material that could usefully be added to this site, please contact me by email at:
malcolm(at)biggonline.co.uk
Malcolm Bigg
(Ferranti/ICT 1962-67)