The end of Leo 2 and Elliott 802, the M1 gets a GEC based motorist warning system, a Farranti makes lots more paper and some ICL 1900A machines travel to the Eastern Block.
Brian Aldous – TNMoC Archivist
Read MoreThe Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, has just announced that Alan Turing and aspects of the Bombe will appear on the new £50 note.
The new polymer £50 note is expected to enter circulation by the end of 2021.
Read MoreOn the afternoon of the 18th of May 2019 our Elliott 803 suffered a major power supply failure which resulted in the machine turning itself off with a bit of a “pop”. The source of the “pop” was unclear, but luckily Peter Onion (our 803 engineer) was on hand at the time and began his investigation.
Read MoreAt Jean Valentine’s funeral service last week, a poem in code and in deciphered text was included in the order of service. It was written by her grandson Andy Valentine, who has kindly given us permission to reproduce it here.
Read MoreJean Rooke (nee Valentine), a wartime Bombe operator and a Bombe guide at Bletchley Park has died in Henley, Oxfordshire.
Read MoreA tribute to John Keen, who helped construct the original Bombes and the Bombe reconstruction now at TNMOC. John was one of the many unseen people connected to the work of Bletchley Park. A highly intelligent man, he will be greatly missed by family, friends and former colleagues alike.
Read MoreFifty Years Ago .... from the pages of Computer Weekly. All the talk was of the machines that took men to the moon.
Brian Aldous – TNMoC Archivist
Read MoreRichard (Dick) Barnes, co-designer of the Harwell Dekatron computer, died aged 98 on 8 April 2019.
Read MoreThe National Museum of Computing was incorporated as a company limited by guarantee on 2005, number 05407952. The company was granted charitable status in England and Wales in 2005, charity number 1109874.
