Sunday 16 January 2011

BP House, Breakspear Way - under construction












A work in progress - the new BP House, Breakspear Way under construction.

Thanks to Mike Bean for the submission of these photos.

Univac 1106 Console

Univac 1106 Console


A view of the Univac 1106 console and some of the tape decks.

Thanks to Mike Bean for the submission of this photo.

BP House Victoria Street - Computing






CPM (early DOS computer)

Tape and disk store

Victoria Street VAX Computer

Victoria Street VAX printer
Slightly off the topic of SMBP and BP Oil Hemel Hempstead but still of interest. Similar computing equipment was present in Hemel Hempstead, so these are good examples of what was in use there too.

The Head Office for BP Oil was in Victoria Street, London. 

Thanks to Mike Bean for the submission of these photos.