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TNMOC on Twitter -- keep up to date with postings @tnmoc
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28 Jun 10
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TNMOC -- a National Treasure says Micro Mart
Kevin Murrell interviewed in Micromart 4-page feature (not on web). Issue 1112, 24-30 June 2010, p32-36.
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26 Jun 10
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four section feature with lots of pictures from Hacking & Modding to Gaming & Speeches to The AmigaOne X1000 & Chiptunes &Synthpop.
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22 Jun 10
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BBC Radio 5 Outriders podcast at the VCF
and an article and a YouTube video too.
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22 Jun 10
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and in the first of its photogalleries.
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21 Jun 10
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Keyboard colours aren't what they used to be and other assorted gems.
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21 Jun 10
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Vintage computers inspire next generation of scientists - BBC News Online
Chris Vallance reports on the VCF.
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21 Jun 10
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Transputers and the new Amiga.
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21 Jun 10
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Retro machines festival is more than just old fun and games: The Inquirer
Clive Akass is shocked "to see products barely two decades old looking like something from another age".
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21 Jun 10
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Retro tweeting at the Vintage Computer Festival
It's Twitter not Jet Set Willy for Techradar on the ZX Spectrum at the VCF.
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20 Jun 10
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BBC radio visits the Vintage Computer Festival
BBC Radio 4 BH programme reports on Saturday at the VCF -- available until next Saturday 54 minutes in
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8 Jun 10
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Inside TNMOC
Nigel Kendall of The Times is intrigued by the smell of TNMOC: "electronic valves heating up and burning off dust ... the smell of my grandmother's living room." (Registration required for access to The Times).
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28 May 10
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Analogue gadgets back in fashion in a digital age
BBC Click talks to Kevin Murrell
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27 Apr 10
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OMD at Vintage Computer Festival
Vintage Computer Festival recruits OMD for synthpop loveliness -- The Register.
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6 Apr 10
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Kevin Murrell interviewed on BBC Radio London by Robert Elms on the history of computing
Currently available on Robert Elm's podcast 14mins and 30 sec in.
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25 Mar 10
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Kevin Murrell and Lin Jones in starring roles at TNMOC explaining packet switching.
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10 Mar 10
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Random Access Memories. First one on The Golden Age of Computing. But when?
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25 Feb 10
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Ford of Europe donates Wang computer to TNMOC
Video from Ford TV.
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18 Feb 10
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Includes video of Brian Aldous of NPL in TNMOC Technology of the Internet Gallery.
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1 Feb 10
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BBC features on the history of computing
Computer pioneer interactive history family tree and leads into most of the stories below.
The role of NPL in developing the infrastructure of the internet -- filmed at TNMOC including an interview with Donald Davies' wife and a demo of packet switching by Roger Scantlebury of Donald Davies' packet switching development team at NPL .
Bletchley's code-cracking Colossus.
Secrets, spies and supercomputing and Tony Sale on the workings of Colossus.
"The world's first computer user." Capt Jerry Roberts on Colossus and Tunny.
How to crack Nazi codes. Capt Jerry Roberts explains.
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29 Jan 10
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Sitting in front of Colossus, Capt Roberts sings the praises of Tutte and Flowers.
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27 Jan 10
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TNMOC trustee Kevin Murrell features talking about longevity of hard discs.
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26 Jan 10
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Growing media interest in Vintage Computer Festival
In BusinessCulture, Pocket-Lint, Culture24 showing a wonderful dated picture, Emoiz, bit-tech.net.
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20 Jan 10
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as selected by the BBC and The British Museum.
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5 Jan 10
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Tony Sale on the regeneration of Bletchley Park in The OU Community Online
Director and trustee of TNMOC talks about his time at Bletchley Park.
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30 Dec 09
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The low-down on the beginnings of internet technology with lots of images.
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16 Dec 09
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Maggie Holland has a Q&A session about Colossus with Tony Sale in IT Pro
"Colossus was the first production computer [of its kind] as there were 10 of them here." And a few photos.
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4 Dec 09
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Technology of the Internet gallery opens
The Institute of Engineering and Technology magazine:Technology of the Internet gallery is world first.
The Institute of Engineering & Technology blog: packets aren't just for sweets.
The Inquirer: The gallery was opened on December 4th in the presence of the world's press and as lively a gang of OAPs as your ever likely to encounter ...
Milton Keynes Citizen: Thought the internet started overseas? Think again...
Computeractive: Gallery shows how early communications technologies led to the internet.
ITPro: Computing museum celebrates history of the internet
Australian PC Authority: Museum unearths WWW origins
More at: NST, Yahoo Brazil
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22 Nov 09
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but they didn't dare value it! (Link won't work for non-UK users and is only available on iPlayer for seven days).
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17 Nov 09
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Jack Schofield reports in The Guardian on Sir Maurice Wilkes' visit to TNMOC
Walk round The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park and sooner or later you'll hear a cry of recognition and someone will say: "I remember using one of those." It probably doesn't happen often to The Millionaire, a mechanical calculator that went into production in 1893, but Sir Maurice Wilkes spotted it, adding: "We used to have one in the lab. I hope it's still there."
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21 Oct 09
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Rory Cellan-Jones Technology Correspondent of the BBC visits TNMOC to see older versions of Windows and find out what version of Windows is used by the man who led the rebuild of the world's first digital programmable computer.
Tony Sale also features on today's BBC News at One (no link unfortunately).
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24 Sep 09
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"The trouble is that industrial history isn't sexy ..."
"I strongly recommend the British institution stays in close touch with the California team. I know that they will help the newer group to sidestep the landmines that plagued us in the early years ..."
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21 Sep 09
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Classic computers on the danger list says New Scientist
Tom Simonite on the world's three computing museums highlighting Colossus at TNMOC (video) some good pictures of the big three.
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16 Sep 09
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"A rational government would look at TNMOC's impressive progress in only four years and chuck it a few quid."
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14 Sep 09
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The Inquirer tours a museum where visitors get to touch the exhibits
Stewart Meagher enjoys a museum where "the simplest of questions sends volunteers scurrying off in all directions, returning moments later with defunct and occasionally smouldering components, circuit diagrams and fragments of ancient punch tape".
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14 Sep 09
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13 Sep 09
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Kevin Murrell interviewed about the WITCH on BBC Science Cafe (BBC iPlayer link for UK listeners for the next seven days -- about 4 minutes in)
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3 Sep 09
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Harwell / WITCH computer arrives at TNMOC for restoration
Jack Schofield of The Guardian on the WITCH that ain't dead.
BBC News Online researches WITCH's past.
BBC News Online video Kevin Murrell interviewed during the arrival of WITCH at TNMOC.
Silicon.com on restoring a granddaddy of computers.
Wired on the machine that is to roar back to life.
ITWire wishes TNMOC luck in creating its latest great new exhibit.
Computer Weekly and Electronics Weekly on world's oldest computer comes back to life.
Ahh Slashdot!
Picture of the Day on New Scientist for today only, subsequently here.
The Register on the computing equivalent of raising the Mary Rose.
ZDNet with a nice hat-tip to the first WITCH restoration sponsor, InsightSoftware.com.
CNET on the restoration.
ITPro on the machine "that shows how great Great Britain can be in the field of technology".
Techwatch on "the machine that took ten seconds to do one sum"..
The Inquirer on the machine that replaced "the clackety-clackety-kerchunk mechanical calculators you see in old movies".
Wolverhampton Express and Star from the area where WITCH last functioned in 1973.
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28 Jul 09
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Bill Thompson of the BBC says ... First stop, of course, has to be 51° 59' 47.44" N, 0° 44' 33.94" W - better known as Bletchley Park, home of the British code breaking efforts during the Second World War and now also the location of the fabulous National Museum of Computing.
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22 Jul 09
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CNN came to film two weeks ago, drawn by the allure of so many vintage computers. TNMOC clip starts at one minute in.
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9 Jul 09
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25 May 09
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BBC Digital Planet at TNMOC
The guys from BBC Digital Planet visited the museum last week, and their latest episode is now online. What nice people they are as well! Many thanks to Gareth, Bill and the wonderful Michelle.
Quirky short video about the production of the program
Listen again here
Gareth bathing in nostalgia
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12 May 09
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Stephen Fry at TNMOC and Bletchley Park
Rory Cellan-Jones writes about his visit to Bletchley Park "and one of the new highlights of the site": TNMOC.
Some pictures from Christian Payne on Flickr:
Stephen Fry talks to Tony Sale about the Tunny machine
Stephen Fry meets Colossus
Stephen Fry in teenage heaven: the new PC Gallery
Stephen Fry talking to Lin Jones
Stephen Fry on YouTube at Bletchley Park and TNMOC
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7 May 09
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PC Gallery opens
ZD Net and the evolution of the PC.
Computer Weekly reports with slide show after a visit to the museum by Ian Grant.
Silicon.com reports with photos and captions following a visit to the museum by Nick Heath.
Computerworld reports.
ComputerActive reports.
Pocket-Lint reports.
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24 Apr 09
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Report on Obsolete? and interview with Matthew Applegate and Tony Sale by Dan Damon. And more on the genre of chip-tune. Starts 11mins and 28 secs in. Available until 1pm on 30 April 2009.
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22 Apr 09
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Two excerpts from Obsolete? played at Bletchley Park in March. The excerpts are about 25 and 57 minutes in. UK listeners can listen to them online until 30 April 2009.
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20 Apr 09
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War time code-cracking and Colossus.
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1 Apr 09
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A nice photo even if you canot read Swedish!
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24 Mar 09
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ZDNet at the first night performance of Obsolete? last Friday.
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24 Mar 09
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BBC Radio 6 Music feature on Obsolete? and the music of Pixelh8
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24 Mar 09
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BBC Look East's coverage of Obsolete? on Saturday.
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23 Mar 09
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BBC Suffolk photo gallery of Obsolete? performance
Saturday night pictures of Obsolete? including Matthew Applegate with Imogen Heap.
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16 Mar 09
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Matthew Applegate / Pixelh8 and Lin Jones of TNMOC interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Click On programme
Recorded on Friday 6 March, the interviews aired on Monday 16 March, but if you missed the broadcast you can catch it again here (15 mins and 40 secs in).
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16 Mar 09
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Pixelh8 to play Bletchley
Guest of the month -- Performing Rights Society Foundation
Code-breaks and beats -- New Scientist
Datormusik på riktigt -- NyTeknik (Sweden)
Making beautiful music with the earliest computers -- Silicon.com
L'orchestra virtuale dei Pc-dinosauro -- Macworld Italy
Vintage computers play electronica -- Computer Weekly
A musical trip to Bletchley Park -- ZDNet
Old computers resurrected as instruments at Bletchley Park -- Slashdot
Bletchley's Colossus makes beautiful music -- The Register
Bletchley Park to stage retro computer orchestra -- bit.tech
Yo Colossus -- PC World
Composer orchestrates historic computers -- The Institution of Engineering and Technology
Vintage computers set to make music -- IT Pro
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23 Feb 09
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In PCW online.
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17 Feb 09
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Matthew was interviewed at TNMOC recently about his forthcoming composition using sounds from TNMOC vintage computers. More about Obsolete? his forthcoming concerts at Bletchley Park.
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16 Feb 09
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because the UK Government neglects Bletchley Park -- and she gives a warm endorsement to The National Museum of Computing.
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16 Feb 09
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Silicon.com reports on IRIS regaining its vision
Includes lots of pictures of the former air traffic control system now working at TNMOC.
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14 Feb 09
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Matthew Applegate / Pixelh8 on BBC News 24
Matthew was interviewed by BBC News 24 recently about Obsolete? -- music from TNMOC vintage computers. Clip starts about 9 mins and 30 secs in.
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12 Feb 09
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The Register reports on TNMOC firing up the Big Green-Eyed Monster
IRIS, the technology that for decades kept airspace over Southern England safe can now be seen in action in public for the first time ever at TNMOC.
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8 Feb 09
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Matthew Applegate / Pixelh8 featured on BBC Radio 6 Music (19 mins in).
Matthew talks about his chip tune music, the machines he uses as instruments, his forthcoming concerts at Bletchley Park and his growing band of followers.
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2 Feb 09
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Colossus and TNMOC on BBC1 The One Show.
No longer available to view on BBC iPlayer, but it was a wonderfully atmospheric piece on the workings of Colossus and its significance as the world's first programmable electronic computer.
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27 Jan 09
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on BBC iPlayer, starts about 17 minutes in. Link will disappear on 3 Feb 09.
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23 Jan 09
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9 Dec 08
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Kevin Murrell, TNMOC trustee, interviewed on BBC News 24 about the 40th anniversary of the computer mouse (no link)
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7 Nov 08
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Mark Ward looks at Colossus and the war time code-cracking at Bletchley Park.
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9 Sep 08
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PGP and IBM industry initiative to support The National Museum of Computing
A selection of the reports:
BBC News Online
The Register
IT Pro
vnunet
ZDNet
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24 Jul 08
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Britain's role in the development of the computer and the significance of work in Block H at Bletchley Park (now the home of TNMOC).
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24 Jul 08
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23 Jun 08
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23 Jun 08
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Royal visit to BP and The National Museum of Computing (no link)
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12 Jun 08
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TNMOC takes to video
A series of short videos about the machines in the museum collection.
Clips so far
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28 May 08
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The One Show filming at the museum
As part of a series of short features, the BBC spent the day with us filming Colossus and various machines in the museum's collection. Broadcast is scheduled for BBC1 7pm on Monday 26 January 2009. (no link)
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24 Mar 08
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Museum recieves its first visitors
As a trial of our procedures we opened the museum to visitors on Saturday and Monday over the Easter weekend. Almost 800 people came to look around the initial displays. (no link)
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20 Mar 08
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Museum supplies working systems for the BBC Anniversary event
The National Museum of Computing supplied the working BBC computers, including a Domesday machine, for the Computer Conservation Society event at the Science Museum.
BBC video clip of interviews here.
Click here for the CCS web pages.
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19 Mar 08
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Museum featured on Silicon.com
Silicon.Com has produced a series of video reports about the museum and the first video is available now.
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17 Mar 08
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Home for museum guaranteed for 25 years
The signing of the lease over Block H with The Bletchley Park Trust means we can now work together to create a world class museum dedicated to computing in all its forms. (no link)
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26 Jan 08
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Cipher Challenge Winner Award Prize at Bletchley Park
Joachim Schueth, from Bonn, receives award for winning The National Museum of Computing's Cipher Challenge on November 15 2007.
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26 Nov 07
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New Patrons & A Curatorial Advisor
The trustees announces two new patrons: Sir Richard Dearlove and Sir Crispin Tickell.
Doron Swade, formerly Senior Curator of Computing at the Science Museum, has also agreed to become an advisor to the museum. (no link)
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22 Nov 07
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The Guardian cracks the case for a museum of computing
Jack Scofield puts the case for the national museum of computing
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15 Nov 07
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The Media take to the Colossus Cipher Challenge!
We have been inundated by the media - a fantastic, if tiring, feeling! We have been interviewed and appeared on BBC 1, ITN Anglia, the Today Programme, BBC Scotland, The World Service, and many local radio stations. Articles about the new museum have appeared in The Guardian, The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Mail, and The Daily Express!
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14 Nov 07
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The Cipher Challenge
The cipher challenge started today in ernest with regular transmissions being received from the HNF museum in Paderborn, Germany. (no link)
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20 Oct 07
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Daily Express Article
Following a visit from the Express features editor, the Saturday paper on 20th October included a two page article on the Colossus and the museum. (no link)
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06 Oct 07
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ICL 2966 Mainframe moved onto display gallery
A little later than planned, the ICL 2966 Mainframe goes on display in our Large Systems Room.
Click here for more pictures
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12 Jul 07
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British Computer Society celebrates at the National Museum of Computing
The BCS @ 50 event to celebrate the first fifty years of the British Computer Society was held in July and gave delegates the first opportunity to see the work on the new museum (no link)
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10 Jul 07
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BBC News OnLine Visits the Museum
Mark Ward from BBC OnLine website visited the museum today in preparation of a featuer.
Follow this link to the BBC Technology page about us
This is a link to the BBC's follow up page about us
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17 Jan 07
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War-time cipher machine Colossus will be the star exhibit at a new National Museum of Computing being set up with BCS's support this year at Bletchley Park.
BCS is making a £75,000 donation to help keep Colossus operational in its original location at Bletchley where it cracked Nazi codes during the Second World War Colossus will form an important focus of the new museum, which is being developed throughout 2007 by the Codes and Ciphers Heritage Trust (CCHT) in partnership with Bletchley Park Trust (BPT). (no link)
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1 Feb 06
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World’s first purpose built computer centre planned to become home of National Computer Museum at Bletchley Park.
Built in 1944, Block H at Bletchley Park was designed to house the world’s first digital computers, the Colossus machines. Built to break Hitler’s advanced Lorentz cipher, the Colossus laid the foundations for all modern computers.
Planned for early 2007, a joint venture between Bletchley Park Trust (BPT) and CodesAndCiphers Heritage Trust (CCHT), hopes to establish a National Computer Museum in this Grade II listed building. (no link)
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7 Nov 05
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Joint press release with Bletchley Park Trust
"Bletchley Park Trust (BPT) and Codes and Ciphers Heritage Trust (CCHT) are working together to try to agree a common vision for a world class exhibition on the history of computing at Bletchley Park. Both parties are hoping that this might be opened in 2007 to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the British Computer Society. (no link)
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7 Jun 05
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Computing history trusts receives charitable status (no link)
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