a female voice, with a slight New Jersey accent. Legacy ICL were the preferred supplier for UK local government, and OPDs found their way onto desks of council officers. Due to the cost, they tended to be issued only to the most senior, who were often elderly, had no interest in computers, and had secretaries to handle their administrative work, so many devices were simply used as telephones. References External links Description of Merlin Tonto from BT Engineering ICL One Per Desk page at rwapsoftware.co.uk including a floppy disk project Computer-related introductions in 1984 Personal computers Sinclair Research ICL workstations BT Group 68k-based computers