A few items of ISTEL branded promotional memorabilia and documents from ISTEL's history.

Perhaps you have some other items we could include.

A Selection of ISTEL Memorabilia, including:
  A5 notepad and pencil (all still in use)  ISTEL and AT&T ISTEL compliments slips  AT&T ISTEL leather bound and boxed diary  Three beer mats: ISTEL, COMET (email system) and AT&T ISTEL   ISTEL car rear window sticker
My well used ISTEL mug is no longer alive, as the logo faded into total oblivion. I thought that I had an ISTEL frisbee but it appears not – maybe such a thing never existed.


Source:  Dave Bower

ISTEL Automation Clip Board/Conference Folder Source:  Derek Coombes

ISTEL Cap from Motorsport Sponsorship ( Sorry it a bit worse for wear) Source:  Derek Coombes

An Awards for Business Sponsorship Source:  Phil Coathup

Certificate Confirming the ISTEL Trademark Source:  Phil Coathup

Certificate confirming the Sale of AT&T Communications (UK) Ltd to Viatel Source:  Phil Coathup

Various Personal Badges & Passes. Source:  Phil Coathup

Istel Promotional Items Given to Staff Source:  Chris Carpenter

ISTEL Promotional Items Given to Staff Source:  Helen Clews and Jane O'Neil

A Copy of the In-house Newspaper - Real Times  Source:  Leslie Rogers

A Framed Print Depicting ISTEL's Involvement in Motorsport Source:  Jacqueline Bird

ISTEL Motorsport T-Shirt Source:  Phil Coathup

ISTEL Silverstone Motorsport Sponsorship Jacket Source:  Derek Coombes

ISTEL Jacket Curtesy of John Leighfield Source:  John Leighfield

ISTEL Address Book Source:  Rob White

The 1987 Olympian Club Pass? Source:  Rob White

An ISTEL Tie Pin recovered from the back of a drawer by Derek Coombes 

ISTEL Jacket Suit Protector Source:  Dave Richards

ISTEL Telephone Source:  Wendy Noke

ISTEL Dictionary Source:  Lesley Rogers

Various Personal Badges & Passes. Source:  Peter Copestake

Rumor has it some of those stains date back to when first used 36 years ago. Source:  Chris Saunders

Here is one for the ex mainframe ops out there. Makes a great paperweight.
Source:  Mark Brenchley

For those  who don't know what it is, Dave Handley writes....

Whilst the most common use today appears to be a paperweight, in the 1980s these were widely used to store mainframe data at CDC.

The MSS Mass Storage System provided the random access feature of disks but was based around much cheaper tape technology.

This little cartridge was 2 inches by 4 inches held 770 inches of tape. These were stored in a honeycomb shaped library , automated accessors ran along a track to collect a specific cartridge and deliver to a read station when requested.

The MSS was very popular to visitors to CDC - many were fascinated by the speed of the accessors and reading of tapes.

As disk storage costs reduced in the 1990"s the MSS was no longer needed.

Found this, 5yr service award, so from 1990…..and battery still works (don’t remember ever changing it
Source: Steve Turrell   ·

Istel scarf given when name was changed. I worked in Purchasing for Rodney Davies and Steve Quigley also with David Griffiths, Lynne Richards and Pauline Ingleby. Geoff Parr was Director over Services. Ken Cox, Len Troth amongst others also worked for him. Sorry not hi-tech like some posts
Source: Jayne Lewis

15 years award, must have been January 1997. Source:  David McCombie

A credit card size Swiss Army knife! Not seen one of these before,

Source:  Rob White

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