Re:Pay a visit to Cambridge’s computer museum
by SmellyGeekBoy on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:48AM
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The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park is well worth a visit, too!
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Re:Pay a visit to Cambridge’s computer museum
by mothsonasloth on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @10:52AM
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Yes go there but be aware of a slight subtlety.
Although the National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) is inside Bletchely park. It is a different organisation.
TNMOC has all the interesting computers and the Bletchely park trust has the land and buildings.
There is still a political battle going on between the two (which is sad). They put fences around TNMOC as though to keep people from wandering in there.
- I am a TNMOC member
Re:Pay a visit to Cambridge’s computer museum
by shellac on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @11:10AM
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Yep, those fences are awful. You need to essentially walk through a car park and keep going to find TNMOC.
But it is wonderful. Far better than next door, to be honest.
Re:Pay a visit to Cambridge’s computer museum
by dougmwne on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:01AM
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Absolutely! I was just there a few weeks ago and I had the best time. There's displays of equipment from the 60's - today, but also several rooms with wartime electromechanical and electrical machines used by Bletchley Park to break Enigma and Lorenz. Incredible!
Re:Pay a visit to Cambridge’s computer museum
by unnawut on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @10:38AM
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I second this. The most amazing thing to me is that they still keep many of those really old machines and peripherals: the Colossus and more, up and running.
It's one thing to see those historic computers on display, it's a whole new level seeing them running, producing heat and noise!
Re:Pay a visit to Cambridge’s computer museum
by NextHendrix on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @12:45PM
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That colossus is a replica, the original machines were all destroyed