• Purpose built computer centre
• Arrives June 1964, Working October 1964 (50 years ago)
• SRC replaces NIRNS
• 1965: SRC Science Board take responsibility for Atlas Computer Laboratory
• University users must get university approval that power is not available locally
• 100 times power of most computers in the academic sector
• UK could claim fastest general purpose computer, world-wide
• Chilton Atlas doubled the computation power of the UK academic sector
• Enlightened Director uses his discretionary powers to foster new areas of computing
• The acceptance test was 4 consecutive days of 8 hours when for 85% time MTBF was at least 90 mins!!!!
• 3 Atlas 1 delivered to Manchester, London, Chilton
• 3 Atlas 2 (no 1-level store) delivered to Cambridge, Aldermaston, CAD Centre