TNMOC Projects

EDSAC recreation plans

Stephen Fleming — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:56:00 GMT

Plans to recreate the EDSAC, the world-famous 1940's stored program computer, are gathering momentum and the project is expected to start in earnest in Spring 2012.

ICL System 25 restoration progress during 2011

Peter Vaughan — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 22:44:00 GMT

Work continues on on restoring the ICL System 25, which was purchased via Ebay from AeroVote in Aylesbury thanks to a kind donation from the ICL pensioners group.

ICL 2966 restoration progress during 2011

Peter Vaughan — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:25:00 GMT

Work continues on the long and difficult task of restoring an ICL 2966 mainframe from the early 1980's to its former glory in the large systems room.

Cray Y-MP EL restoration during 2011

Peter Vaughan — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 19:31:00 GMT

Follow the volunteer restoration team during their efforts to to bring life to a rare Cray Super-computer.

ICL 2966 restoration progress during 2010

Peter Vaughan — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 18:16:00 GMT

Work continues on the long and difficult task of restoring an ICL 2966 mainframe from the early 1980's to its former glory in the large systems room.

ICL System 25 restoration progress during 2010

Peter Vaughan — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 02:11:00 GMT

Work has started on restoring the ICL System 25, which was purchased via Ebay from AeroVote in Aylesbury thanks to a kind donation from the ICL pensioners group.

Harwell / WITCH Restoration - 2010 (CCS working group)

Peter Vaughan — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:45:00 GMT

Follow the restoration of the Harwell / WITCH dekatron computer, an original system from 1951 and (as funding allows) it becomes the oldest original working computers in the world!

ICL 2966 restoration progress during 2009

Peter Vaughan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:05:00 GMT

Work has now started on the long and difficult task of restoring an ICL 2966 mainframe from the early 1980's to its former glory in the large systems room.

Harwell / WITCH Restoration - 2009 (CCS working group)

Peter Vaughan — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Follow the restoration of the Harwell / WITCH dekatron computer, an original system from 1951 and (as funding allows) it becomes the oldest original working computers in the world!

PDP11 Air Traffic Control system (Museum working group)

Peter Vaughan — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:44:00 GMT

In March 2008 LATCC (London Area Traffic Control Centre) kindly donated one of the last remaining PDP11 based air traffic control systems that were housed in West Drayton.