Early days, from numberplate recognition to document management
EMI Central Research Laboratories, Research Engineer, 1974 - 1981 Jim studied electrical and electronic engineering at the University of Bath and it was as a first year undergraduate that he first discovered programming, initially using punched cards to programme in Fortran but later as part of a small group of undergraduates offered access to the South West Universities Computer Network, an early UK-equivalent to the US ARPANET. Jim was sponsored through university by EMI (EMI paid him money during the academic term!...