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EDSAC veterans rekindle memories

Posted September 7, 2016September 7, 2016by Over Lord

Life working with one of the world’s first general purpose computers was brought vividly to life when EDSAC veterans visited The National Museum of Computing …

The world’s greatest scavenger hunt descends on Summer Bytes

Posted August 9, 2016August 9, 2016by Over Lord

The Summer Bytes festival at The National Museum of Computing has had a flurry of strange requests from across the globe. Self-confessed scavengers have wanted …

Robots and different realities at Summer Bytes

Posted July 19, 2016July 19, 2016by Over Lord

Fun, games and learning at The National Museum of Computing every afternoon 30 July to 28 August The month-long Summer Bytes Festival starts at The …

The Breaking of Lorenz

Posted June 6, 2016June 6, 2016by Over Lord

Colossus veterans see the whole process at The National Museum of Computing For the first time ever, all the equipment used in making and breaking …

Landmark computer hacking archive deposited at TNMOC

Posted May 18, 2016May 18, 2016by Over Lord

How the 1980’s hack of Prince Philip’s mailbox led to UK anti-hacking legislation The archive of a hacking case that made computing legal history in …

From encrypt to decrypt – The full Lorenz story

Posted April 8, 2016April 7, 2016by Over Lord

The full story of the pinnacle of Bletchley Park code-breaking from encrypt to decrypt 1940’s cutting edge crypto technology revealed at The National Museum of …

Hollerith Electronic Computer goes on display

Posted April 4, 2016April 4, 2016by Over Lord

Britain’s first mass-produced business computer goes on display at The National Museum of Computing More than 60 years after it was first revealed to the …

Easter Bytes at The National Museum of Computing

Posted March 9, 2016March 8, 2016by Over Lord

From sci-fi to sci-fact Easter Bytes: the biggest and best Bytes festival yet at The National Museum of Computing Every afternoon, 12 noon to 5pm, …

WITCH Portrait rediscovered in Manchester

Posted March 2, 2016March 1, 2016by Over Lord

This is an amazing find and only after a few months of searching. The lost Portrait of a dead WITCH (Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing …

Ada Lovelace Competition winners & Colossus operators

Posted February 2, 2016February 2, 2016by Over Lord

Ada Lovelace competition winners meet operators of Colossus, the world’s first electronic computer Three winners of the Fascinating Ada Competition designed to inspire female students …