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Elliott 803 training, archive expansion and other goings on at the museum during the past 2 weeks.

Here is a rather later than anticipated update on museum activities over the past err... month

Things have been quiet over the Christmas period so not much to report, but we do have a lot of work planned for 2010

Here is a brief round-up of some of the key activities that made 2009 a really good year for the museum.

Over 80 people were at the 'History of the Internet' gallery opening, the ICL 2966 restoration reaches a major milestone and an eventful spooky visit

The ICL 2966 DCU finally passes its selftests and asks for it's first program after 15 years, a new and exciting gallery takes shape and a room full of BBC micros are once again used as games machines a teaching aid for a school visit.

After many board changes IRIS appears to be working again, the big move has allowed us to open a new gallery and a number of museum projects are progressing at a fast pace

Donated equipment in several rooms is moved in preparation for a new gallery opening, the ICL 2966 is feeling its age with many problems being discovered and progress on a number of new galleries

A working ICL console means the focus is now on the DCU, IRIS's RDI fault remains elusive, talking to computers and an unusual heater comes to the rescue when things get cold... Plus other news

An interesting electrical fault on the Elliott 803, the ICL 2966 console is finally working, IRIS may be working again and news on other projects and galleries.