• Re: Moto Guzzi V1000 Convert

    From sweller@sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk to uk.rec.motorcycles on Sat May 2 16:50:24 2026
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    wessie wrote:

    pretty sure about this as my father was the maintenance manager for
    a computer bureau in the late 1970s that had several branches with
    ICL mainframes, mostly employed by large corporations to process
    their payroll. At that time, it was only banks and universities that
    had such equipment.

    And Lyons tea rooms
    --
    Simon
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  • From PipL@pip@nowhere.nul to uk.rec.motorcycles on Sat May 2 18:38:09 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.motorcycles

    On 02/05/2026 17:50, sweller wrote:
    wessie wrote:

    pretty sure about this as my father was the maintenance manager for
    a computer bureau in the late 1970s that had several branches with
    ICL mainframes, mostly employed by large corporations to process
    their payroll. At that time, it was only banks and universities that
    had such equipment.

    And Lyons tea rooms

    Hey! It's 2025 all over again!
    --

    CHUMP #1 (CHarge Up Muppet)

    Pip
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  • From YTC1@ytc1@ytc1.co.uk to uk.rec.motorcycles on Sun May 3 20:10:20 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.motorcycles

    On 02/05/2026 17:50, sweller wrote:
    wessie wrote:

    pretty sure about this as my father was the maintenance manager for
    a computer bureau in the late 1970s that had several branches with
    ICL mainframes, mostly employed by large corporations to process

    BICC, Prescot. I worked on the 2900 series

    their payroll. At that time, it was only banks and universities that
    had such equipment.

    And Lyons tea rooms

    --
    Bruce Porter
    "The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly" http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
    There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/
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  • From Mike Fleming@mike@tauzero.co.uk to uk.rec.motorcycles on Mon May 4 18:34:45 2026
    From Newsgroup: uk.rec.motorcycles

    On 02/05/2026 17:50, sweller wrote:
    wessie wrote:

    pretty sure about this as my father was the maintenance manager for
    a computer bureau in the late 1970s that had several branches with
    ICL mainframes, mostly employed by large corporations to process
    their payroll. At that time, it was only banks and universities that
    had such equipment.

    And Lyons tea rooms
    And several of the gas boards, and at least one water board. And Dudley Council, and probably others.
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