Post by MartinT on Jun 1, 2016 7:00:30 GMT
I went on a trip with the ANME (Association of Network Managers in Education) yesterday to the TNMOC on the Bletchley Park estate. While the rickety buildings are not promising, there is a treasure of working and static computer displays inside. If you are in any way geeky or have an interest in the history of computing, you need to put a visit into your planning.
They have everything from the earliest working computer in the world (the WITCH) to the rebuilt Colossus to many early computers and calculators that take you back to an earlier age. They have a full ICL 2900 that my university had one of the earliest deliveries of and on which I did most of my degree project using punched cards. From Research Machines 380Z that were used in many schools that I used to service, to the Commodore Pet, Texas TI-59 programmable calculator, HP reverse notation calculators (I still have mine), PCs, games consoles and portable machines.
This platter (below) came from the largest model disk drives ever made. They were a bit of a menace since the spinning momentum was huge and, when they came off their spindle, caused a great deal of damage! The capacity gives pause for thought: 4MB, or about one photo from a modern camera.
www.tnmoc.org/
They have everything from the earliest working computer in the world (the WITCH) to the rebuilt Colossus to many early computers and calculators that take you back to an earlier age. They have a full ICL 2900 that my university had one of the earliest deliveries of and on which I did most of my degree project using punched cards. From Research Machines 380Z that were used in many schools that I used to service, to the Commodore Pet, Texas TI-59 programmable calculator, HP reverse notation calculators (I still have mine), PCs, games consoles and portable machines.
This platter (below) came from the largest model disk drives ever made. They were a bit of a menace since the spinning momentum was huge and, when they came off their spindle, caused a great deal of damage! The capacity gives pause for thought: 4MB, or about one photo from a modern camera.
www.tnmoc.org/
