18 Jul
2007
18 Jul
'07
1:22 a.m.
Message: 9
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:29:07 +0100
From: Rob <robert at irrelevant.com>
Subject: Re: Vol 47, Issue 28, message 10, Subject: LEO (1950)
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
.. except i had a sudden thought, and checked, and in the couple of
years since I last drove past the site, a Tesco supermarket has
apparently sprung up... Neither multimap.com or google earth
satellite photos have yet caught up...
Sigh..
Tescos are killing our computer history - ? to qualify -
The National Gas Turbine Establishment (NGTE, Farnborough) has been
partially derilict for the last 10 years or so, on that site were an Elliott
803B, SDS9300, DEC PDP-7 and 11-05, and more, I helped maintain them. Tesco
wants to build a 1,000,000 sq ft distribution depot, apparently it will be
one of the biggest buildings in the Uk,.with 1600 38 ton lorry (non
motorway) movements a day, nothing good will come of it. I'd love to get
hold of the PDP7.