18 Jul
2007
18 Jul
'07
4:22 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.
18 Jul
18 Jul
4:45 a.m.
New subject: [personal] cctalk Digest, Vol 47, Issue 29, Message 9 Subject: LEO (1950)
Mike Hatch wrote:
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
Long-gone presumably? Sites seem to often get cleared of fixtures and fittings
really quickly in the UK compared to other countries for some reason. Plus,
even if there was anything left, the kids seem to trash everything they can
and of course the petty thieves move in for metals like copper.
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.
The government won't need a national ID database and ID cards, they'll just
borrow Tesco's ;)
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