The "5 check-in desks" is somewhat reminiscent of the BA domestic check-in, which was separated, and at the back of the terminal next to the domestic departures security check (not only BA but all domestics) leading to the domestic pier. I can imagine that bags there, not that many on domestics, might have a special small-scale approach.
Plus it was next to a significant cafe in the terminal, the Apple Tree Buffet (was this the one that caught fire and closed the terminal down ?).
It was early day stuff, storing software programmes on cassette tapes ... 1K memory
1K memory ? I wrote a payroll calculation program within 1K - actually it was 997 bytes
. That took a bit of shoehorning. Did tax and NI calcs etc quite OK.