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From beeps and buzzes to the charts

14 May 2013

A new temporary hands-on display about the history of computer music has been created at TNMOC to complement the Music By Programmers fundraising album.

Electronica - Music By Programmers

25 April 2013

An album of authentic electronica created by software programmers is being released to raise funds to help start a programming club for young people at TNMOC.

Smartphone app for TNMOC visitors

16 April 2013

The first iPhone app for visitors to The National Museum of Computing is now available free from the iPhone App Store.

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Spell-binding invitation to corporate groups

An open evening for any organisation wanting to see what TNMOC has to offer on Tuesday 18 June 2013 from 5.30pm to 8.30pm - arrive anytime. Free registration.

Opening times this week

The Museum will be open on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday (1-5pm) this week (18, 20 & 21 April 2013) for anyone wanting to see the WITCH and Colossus along with many of the large systems, mainframes and desktops that have followed.

Open evening for MK businesses

An invitation to MK companies to see computers from the dawn of the information age and to explore the benefits of links with a Museum that looks to the future on 23 January 2013.

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The Harwell Dekatron Computer - the book

18 February 2013

New TNMOC book tells the story of the world's oldest working digital computer

EDSAC manufacture in Cambridge

6 February 2013

In recreating the EDSAC computer, a surprising amount of mechanical engineering is required. EDSAC engineering was originally done by hand, but for the EDSAC Replica Project modern Computer Aided Design is being deployed.

Origins of the EDSAC Replica Project

29 January 2013

In January 2013 the EDSAC Replica Project trustees management committee met at Teversham Engineering where they saw the first replica chassis come off the production facility. They also spoke to camera about their reasons for supporting the project.

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Three things you (& we) didn't know about WITCH

13 May 2013

Forty years ago last month, the WITCH was turned off at Wolverhampton Technical College for the last time. Last week several students who had used the machine at Wolverhampton returned to see it run again. And we discovered three things we didn't know about the WITCH.

EDSAC's 64th anniversary

7 May 2013

To celebrate the 64th anniversary of the first time EDSAC ran, Google has released a video capturing the memories of those who were around at the time. Watch out for Dr David Hartley, Museum Director of TNMOC.

How times change!

25 March 2013

How times change! How fast is the WITCH compared to the Elliott 903, the BBC B Micro and the Raspberry Pi?

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