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Next stop Rainbow Road

Posted April 16, 2019April 16, 2019by Over Lord

Mancunians using the Metrolink were left puzzled as the city centre’s busiest tram stops were renamed by a team of mischievous computer game characters. Led …

Reconstruction of the machine that inspired Colossus unveiled

Posted April 10, 2019April 10, 2019by Over Lord

A reconstruction of the codebreaking machine that inspired Colossus has been unveiled at The National Museum of Computing on Bletchley Park. The unveiling of the …

Technology Saves Heritage Computing at The National Museum of Computing

Posted March 26, 2019March 26, 2019by Over Lord

Paessler’s solutions to protect and preserve the world’s oldest working computer The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) has partnered with network monitoring company, Paessler to …

Heath Robinson Day at The National Museum of Computing

Posted March 18, 2019March 18, 2019by Over Lord

On 6 April 2019, to celebrate the completion of the reconstruction of the Heath Robinson machine, the inspiration for Colossus, The National Museum of Computing …

Issured boosts TNMOC learning programme

Posted March 5, 2019March 5, 2019by Over Lord

New elements are being added to the Learning Programme at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) on Bletchley Park thanks to funding from Issured, the …

Paessler backs TNMOC autism-friendly sessions

Posted February 26, 2019February 26, 2019by Over Lord

The 2019 Relaxed Opening sessions for people with autism at The National Museum of Computing are already proving highly popular and visitors are advised to …

The National Museum of Computing plans to display original wartime Colossus decrypts

Posted February 5, 2019February 5, 2019by Over Lord

The 75th anniversary of the first attack by the Colossus computer on a Second World War enemy Lorenz message has coincided with the discovery of …

Museum volunteer helps win Emmy in his day job

Posted January 14, 2019January 14, 2019by Over Lord

Delwyn Holroyd, a volunteer at The National Museum of Computing, is celebrating the award of an Emmy to the company he co-founded and of which …

The Colossus tools of the trade that helped shorten the Second World War

Posted December 4, 2018December 4, 2018by Over Lord

Seventy-five years after the first Colossus was under construction, the original tools and tool bag of an engineer who maintained the code-breaking Colossus computers are …

TNMOC Girls’ STEM day

Posted November 27, 2018November 27, 2018by Over Lord

I didn’t realise I could do that! More than 80 school girls explored and developed their problem-solving skills at the latest Girls’ STEM (science, technology, …