What did south Wales ever do for Computing?
South Wales has long been a major industrial region so it should not be surprising that computing has a long history in south Wales, certainly greater than most people are aware of. For example:
- The first computer in Wales was a Ferranti Pegasus, bought to design the new Abbey Steel Works at Port Talbot.
- When built, these same steelworks used computers within the manufacturing automation in new and often world leading ways.
- Computers have been manufactured in Newport since the 1950s, such as the Stantec Zebra, Inmos Transputer, and Apple iMac.
![Rod Delamere](/media/ooeaeg3j/rod-delamere.jpg?rmode=max&width=500&height=333)
![Rod Delamere's Homework Book](/media/lczpqky0/rod-delameres-homework-book.jpg?rmode=max&width=500&height=333)
- One of the earliest ‘Big Data’ centres in the UK was the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Centre in Swansea.
- Major early developments of the Linux operating system were undertaken in Swansea University.
![Alan Cox's Server](/media/lhtkxsof/alan-coxs-server.jpg?rmode=max&width=500&height=333)
- The web’s Internet Movie Database began life in Cardiff University.