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22/02/2011

A temporary display of Thermionic Valves

We are fortunate to have on display at the Museum a display of Thermionic Valves, courtesy of one of our members.

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22/02/2011

More than machines

You might think that The National Museum of Computing only hosts computers of all shapes and sizes, but in fact we also have a large archive of documents and books.

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20/02/2011

How do you wake up a Cray Supercomputer?

Weighing in at over 600Kg, our Cray Supercomputer is receiving special attention lately, as two of our volunteers get down and serious with this iconic exhibit, working towards returning it to working condition.

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14/02/2011

PIONEERS, ADOPTERS AND NATIVES

Our visitors to TNMOC are pioneers, adopters and natives, so what are you?

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31/10/2010

Project progress, members day, a request for info and looking forward

Updates on some of our projects, a report on the first members day, our IBM 1130 needs your help, more tidbits from the archive and plans for the future

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19/09/2010

Elliott 803 news, more tidbits from the archive and several generous donations to boot

A long overdue update on our Elliott 803, more tidbits from our archivist and some really exciting news helps to secure the museum's future

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21/08/2010

Storage, network issues and tidbits from the archive

More storage reorganisations, the museum network on a go slow and further interesting articles from our archive

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24/07/2010

A successful VCF, restoration project updates, IRIS is not well and keeping cool

The VCF was a resounding success, progress on some of our larger restoration projects, IRIS has a problem and needs your help and staying cool in the hot weather

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25/06/2010

Breath in...1..2..3...breath out... 1...2...3... and collapse... ok everyone... the VCF is over

With a tremendous team effort and a mad panic in the last few days we were finally ready for the event... and boy what an event it was. You've seen the press articles, now it's time for a behind the scenes exposé.

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05/06/2010

VCF on the brain, guided tours of the museum start and more tidbits from the archive

The VCF is only 2 weeks away, we begin guided tours of the museum on non-opening days and our resident archivist notes the Pilot ACE is 60 years old.

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