10 Jun
2004
10 Jun
'04
5:37 a.m.
Philip Pemberton wrote:
On the subject of computers in museums, I heard the
Manchester Museum of
Science and Industry had a replica of the SSEM (Small Scale Experimental
Machine, aka the "Manchester Baby" or "Manchester Mark 1"). Does
anyone know
if they're still displaying the replica machine as an exhibit? Do they
actually show it running?
Yes it is still there and it runs, demonstrations are done Tuesday
afternoons at 12:00 and 14:00
by volunteers of the Computer Conservation Society.
This from the latest issue of Resurrection, the bulletin of the CCS
-- HansP