On 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 MoreTNMOC volunteer Ben Trethowan has won a prestigious 2019 National Cyber Award using skills and expertise from his professional career as an information security manager for Square Enix.
Read MoreThe Datapoint MINX (Multimedia Information Network eXchange) from the early 1980s -- nearly 20 years before Skype was launched.
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