Conserve, Engage, Educate, & Inspire.
A virtual talk by Professor Chris Christensen
IKA, ORANGE, and JADE
In addition to hand ciphers and enciphered code, during World War II the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) used a cipher machine, designated as JADE by the US Navy, to communicate among their large naval installations. JADE was the third in a series of such machines that began in the early 1930s with IKA which was followed by ORANGE.
This presentation will describe the history, operation, and evolution of these IJN cipher machines and explore some of the ideas used by the US Navy in their attack on JADE.
Over the years, the museum has accumulated many pieces of electronic apparatus and components that do not fit with the museum's collection policy and are taking up valuable storage space.
Items for sale will include test equipment, military items, domestic radios, telecommunication equipment and vintage components. We are mainly disposing of items that are not computer-related (i.e. do not match the museum's Collection Policy).
Get stuck in with hands-on activities designed to inspire, educate and engage young people and families at The National Museum of Computing.
A Virtual Talk by Verity Allan
The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will be the world’s largest radio telescope - providing a clearer understanding than ever before of our universe, with a computing heritage rooted in Cambridge University and The National Museum of Computing.
Join Cambridge University PhD student and employee Verity Allan, as she takes you on a journey through the high-power computing used to study our universe - from the fields of Cambridge to the expanses of Africa and the outback.
A virtual talk by Jerry McCarthy
In this talk, Jerry will first give a brief explanation of the operation of the German Enigma machine, and will then discuss four (or more) similar machines, including the Japanese “Green” machine, a Hebrew-ised version of Enigma, and the Polish “Lacida”.
