Computing history museum
We went here today.
Wonderful place full of many geeky items. They supplied ALL the set dressing for the IT Crowd.
The sad thing is that although the UK was vital in the history of computing this is the only computer museum we have.
And they have no money, they are only open by appointment at the moment as they cannot afford the staff to open.
I wish this could get into the Newsletter and some rich geek could send them a stack of cash.
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Mrs Entity is in hiding., Tue 17 Feb 2009, 20:24,
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"this is the only computer museum we have"
I take it you've not been to Bletchley Park then.
Edit: sorry, that sounded a little short. These guys are indeed stars and need supporting, but they're not the only ones. Bletchley needs your support too.
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LP, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 20:47,
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The problem with Bletchley
is that it is only for the computers they had at Bletchley. No Jupiter Aces or ZX80s there.
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Mrs Entity is in hiding., Tue 17 Feb 2009, 20:52,
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They had a room full of
home computers last time I was there, including Z80s and all sorts. They've also got plenty of big iron on show as well as the home stuff. It's not just colossus.
The BCS have put a lot of work into the Bletchley exhibits over the last year or two, but they've only got space to display a small fraction of what they've got in store.
I don't mean to make it an "either or" - support both.
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LP, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 20:57,
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I agree, support both indeed
I didn't realise that Bletchley had all that kind of stuff. I thought it was just the Collosus and that was about it.
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Mrs Entity is in hiding., Tue 17 Feb 2009, 20:59,
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Colossus gets all the press
and rightly so, it's a chuffing impressive rebuild project!
Their small stuff is all hands-on and working as well, so you can play with it, which is a lot of fun!
www.museum-of-computing.org.uk/ are worth keeping an eye on as well, they only lost their premises relatively recently and I really hope they can find somewhere to go.
I met one of the guys who's involved with it when I went down to Bletchley to drop of a couple of SGI machines I nolonger had cupboard space for. Lovely chap.
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LP, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 21:04,
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It's so sad to see all these places struggling
I don't think many people appreciate the part the UK has paid in the popular culture of computing.
Tim Burners-Lee
Alan Turing
Johnathan Ive
Charles Babbage
The best selling computer game of all time was coded here. Yet the history of computing is being brushed under the carpet.
It's not long until it is lost for all time.
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Mrs Entity is in hiding., Tue 17 Feb 2009, 21:18,
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And
Clive Sinclair
Erm, Alan Sugar?
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Roland E O'Dorant R Tape loading error, 0:1, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 23:14,
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Uncle Clive
How could I forget.
Alan Sugar? Cunt more like.
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Mrs Entity is in hiding., Tue 17 Feb 2009, 23:30,
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