Hermann Hauser and Chris Curry in Cambridge.

Christopher Curry was the co-founder of Acorn Computers, with Hermann Hauser and Andy Hopper. Image File history File links Hermann Hauser and Chris Curry of Acorn Computers. ... Image File history File links Hermann Hauser and Chris Curry of Acorn Computers. ... Hermann Maria Hauser, CBE FREng FinstP CPhys (born 23 October 1948), is an entrepreneur born in Vienna, Austria. ... forever . ... Hermann Maria Hauser, CBE FREng FinstP CPhys (born 23 October 1948), is an entrepreneur born in Vienna, Austria. ... Andrew Hopper (b. ...

Sinclair Radionics

In April 1966 Curry joined Sinclair Radionics, a company founded by Clive Sinclair on 25 July 1961. Curry was to play an important role in getting Sinclair interested in both calculators and computers. Curry was to work for Sinclair for 13 years. Sinclair Radionics Ltd was founded by Clive Sinclair in Cambridge, England on 25 July 1961. ... Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (born July 30, 1940), is a British entrepreneur and inventor of, among other things, the worlds first pocket calculator, in 1962 and the beloved ZX Spectrum computer in 1982. ...

Curry was at first involved with Sinclair's hi-fi products, which included amplifiers and speakers, and he also worked on Sinclair's electric vehicle, a project that would turn into the C5 some years later. Sinclair C5 Launched in Britain on 10 January 1985, the Sinclair C5 was a three-wheeled personal transport battery electric vehicle invented by Sir Clive Sinclair. ...

In 1972 Sinclair Radionics launched its first electronic calculator, the Executive, which was considerably smaller than its competitors since it had been possible to use hearing-aid-sized batteries. Curry and Jim Westwood had discovered that it was possible to exploit persistence in the diode displays and memory and introduced a timer that removed the power from these components for most of the time. This made the battery life of the Sinclair product much longer than that of competing products. Jim Westwood was the chief engineer at Sinclair Research Ltd in the 1980s, starting at the company in 1963. ...

Up to 1976 Sinclair Radionics had enjoyed 15 years of strong turnover and profit growth. However, the company sustained losses due to difficulties with chip supplies for the Black Watch. As a result there were insufficient internal funds available for the final stages of the pocket TV project Sinclair had been working on for some 10 years and external funds were sought. In August 1976 the National Enterprise Board (NEB) provided £650,000 in return for 43 per cent stake in Sinclair Radionics. Sinclair did not take very well to sharing control of his company. In 1973 Sinclair had bought an off-the-shelf company called Ablesdeal Ltd as a precaution in case anything should happen that made Sinclair Radionics inconvenient. This was now proving to be the case, and, during 75, Ablesdeal was renamed to Westminster Mail Order Ltd, which was itself renamed to Sinclair Instrument Ltd. The National Enterprise Board (NEB) was a government body set up in the United Kingdom in 1975 to implement the Wilson Labour governments objective of extending public ownership of industry. ...

Science of Cambridge

Shortly after the NEB took control Sinclair encouraged Curry to leave Sinclair Radionics to get Sinclair Instruments off the ground. Curry borrowed some money and rented offices at 6 King's Parade, Cambridge. In an attempt to raise some cash, the Wrist Calculator was designed by John Pemberton and launched by Sinclair Instrument in February 1977. This did surprisingly well and some 15,000 examples were sold. In July 1977 the company was renamed to Science of Cambridge Ltd. Around the same time Ian Williamson showed Curry a prototype computer based around a National Semiconductor SC/MP and some parts scavenged from a Sinclair Cambridge calculator. Curry was impressed and encouraged Sinclair to adopt this as a product; an agreement was reached with Williamson but no contract was ever signed - Nat Semi had offered to redesign the project so that it used only their components and they also offered to manufacture the boards. Sinclair Research Ltd was a home computer company founded by Clive Sinclair in Cambridge, England. ... Categories: Electronics companies of the United States | Companies based in California | Corporation stubs ... The SC/MP from National Semiconductor was an early microprocessor, becoming available in early 1974. ...

Curry took Nat Semi up on its offer and in June 1978 Science of Cambridge launched a microcomputer kit (marketed as the MK14) based around the National SC/MP chip. Curry wanted to further develop the MK14 but Sinclair was working on the NewBrain. Sinclair's reluctance to develop the MK14 led Curry to consider his options. Throughout the MK14 project he had been discussing it with his friend, physics researcher Hermann Hauser, who had also helped by seeking out advice from the many computer experts on hand in Cambridge University. The Microcomputer Kit 14, or MK14 was a computer kit sold by Science of Cambridge of the United Kingdom, first introduced in 1977 for UK£39. ... The Grundy NewBrain was a microcomputer sold in the early-1980s by Grundy Business Systems Ltd of Teddington and Cambridge, England. ... Hermann Maria Hauser, CBE FREng FinstP CPhys (born 23 October 1948), is an entrepreneur born in Vienna, Austria. ... The University of Cambridge (often called Cambridge University, or just Cambridge), located in Cambridge, England, is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world. ...

Cambridge Processor Unit Ltd

Curry and Hauser had become increasingly interested in the idea of selling their own computers and so, on 5 December 1978, they set up Cambridge Processor Unit Ltd (CPU). From the mathematics (Curry started working for Sinclair in 1966 and worked for him for 13 years) it is clear that Curry was still working for Sinclair at this time, and indeed CPU was "borrowing" a room at Science of Cambridge to provide computer consultancy services in order to raise money to finance the development of their own hardware. Their first customer was Ace Coin Equipment Ltd, who needed controllers for their fruit machines.

Acorn Computer

The Acorn Microcomputer (later to be called the System 1) was launched as the first product of a new company, Acorn Computers Ltd, founded in March 1979. Curry said that they "chose the word Acorn because it was going to be an expanding and growth-oriented system." It is also said that they wanted a name that would appear before "Apple" in a directory... forever . ...

After becoming a millionaire as a result of Acorn's success with the BBC Micro project, in 1983 Curry co-founded Redwood Publishing with Michael Potter (former publisher of advertising trade weekly Campaign) and Christopher Ward (former editor of Daily Express newspaper). The company bought the Acorn User title. The BBC Micro, affectionately known as the Beeb, was an early home computer. ...

GIS

At the time of the Olivetti takeover of Acorn in 1985 Curry founded General Information Systems Ltd (GIS)[1], based on Acorn's Communications Group, and he remains a director. Olivetti Lettera 22, 1950 Ing. ...

GIS specialises in Smart Card technologies for access control and electronic money. Smart card used for health insurance in France. ... In security, specifically physical security, the term access control refers to the practice of restricting entrance to a property, a building, or a room to authorized persons. ... Electronic money (also known as electronic cash, electronic currency, digital currency, digital money or internet money) refers to money which is exchanged only electronically. ...