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The WITCH computer celebrates five years as a returning teacher [caption id="attachment_19744" align="aligncenter" width="500"] WITCH[/caption] Having defied the scrapyard on three occasions, the world’s oldest working digital computer is celebrating the fifth anniversary of its latest life as an important…

[caption id="attachment_20636" align="aligncenter" width="500"] The actual 1951 Harwell Dekatron / WITCH computer[/caption] Computer art takes on an unusual perspective at The National Museum of Computing in February as two huge and colourful paintings created three decades apart are displayed near…

Professor Brian Randell, distinguished computer scientist and computer historian, has been awarded the 2020 Honorary Fellowship by The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC). [caption id="attachment_38362" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Professor Brian Randell[/caption] Professor Randell’s research led to the innovation, power and importance…

A race of computers spanning eight decades was won by a BBC micro:bit operated and programmed by a nine-year old student. The Grand Digital computer race was held to celebrate the tenth anniversary of The National Museum of Computing on…

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 to perform an obscure but simple calculation on any pre-1970 computer. With the world’s largest…

‘Art is made to disturb, science reassures.’ George Braque [caption id="attachment_21348" align="aligncenter" width="500"] Artist John Yeadon beside his original painting, 'The Portrait of a dead WITCH' from 1982 currently on special display at The National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park,…

To celebrate the upcoming physical release of the animated film Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge on the 27th April, we’ve provided a round up of everything you need to know about the key characters. And if you can’t wait that…

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 from Harwell).  I will let the story of the discover be told by TNMoC themselves…

The National Museum of Computing needs your help.  A painting is missing. That's not that unusual but this one is of the Harwell Dekatron / WITCH. The WITCH is a beautiful machine.  She even has a face as I have…

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 about careers in computing received their prizes at Oxford University and their entries have now…