File 24 - Guardian - Farringdon Road Project

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GUA/6/1/1/1/2/1/24

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Guardian - Farringdon Road Project

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  • 23 February 1986 - 2 July 1987 (Creation)

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1 file

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Correspondence, reports, meeting notes and memorandum concerning the specification and introduction of the Guardian Atex system operation.

Includes background reports by the New Technology Working Party: Visit to Birmingham Post and Mail (March 1986); Visit to Perscombinatie, Amsterdam (March 1986); Visit to International Herald Tribune, Paris (March 1986); Draft first specifications of editorial requirements for electronic system (March 1986); Second draft specifications of editorial requriements for electronic system (March 1986); Visit to three major American newspaper computer installations (February 1986).

Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Peter Preston (1938-2018)

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