7 Jun
2004
7 Jun
'04
3:51 p.m.
Well I probably run a high risk of getting flamed a bit here but the wife and I are
planning a trip - figured we've worked long enough and deserve it.
Planned route is ex Adelaide (South Australia) to Sydney, then Los Angeles (to catch up
with the daughter), then New York, onto London, then maybe Spain, then Zurich, over to
Berlin, then Tokyo, down to Singapore and then home.
As we are in the planning phase Id' interested if anyone knows if there are any
computer museums (or similar things of interest) in these locations.
TIA!!!
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8 Jun
8 Jun
12:02 p.m.
Parker, Kevin wrote:
Planned route is ex Adelaide (South Australia) to
Sydney, then Los
Angeles (to catch up with the daughter), then New York, onto London,
then maybe Spain, then Zurich, over to Berlin, then Tokyo, down to
Singapore and then home.
As we are in the planning phase Id' interested if anyone knows if
there are any computer museums (or similar things of interest) in
these locations.
If you're in London around a weekend, you could do much worse than
travelling a bit out and visiting Bletchley Park, which was the site of
the WW2 British code-breaking effort. And they even have a computer
museum on site :)
http://www.bletchleypark.co.uk - On some weekends they have special
events; these are often worth looking out for.
Dan
1:06 p.m.
On Tue, 2004-06-08 at 21:02, Dan Kolb wrote:
If you're in London around a weekend, you could do
much worse than
travelling a bit out and visiting Bletchley Park, which was the site of
the WW2 British code-breaking effort. And they even have a computer
museum on site :)
http://www.bletchleypark.co.uk - On some weekends they have special
events; these are often worth looking out for.
I missed the start of this, but come over on a Saturday as that's when
most of us help out there - it tends to be a bit quieter on a Sunday.
Most stuff runs every weekend - the bigger iron (DECs, the Marconi TAC
etc.) sometimes remain off when the outside temperature is really high
as there's no aircon in the museum room. The Elliott 803's currently
down with a core fault unfortunately. The Colossus normally runs at
weekends.
cheers
Jules
12 Jun
12 Jun
2:09 p.m.
This may be a bit late , but Bletchley Park didn't want to know about
Colossus - that's why it was built at Dollis Hill by the Post Office boys !
See the current issue of Electronics World ( a.k.a. Wireless World ) for
the low-down on the snooty Oxford Logic brigade.
Geoff.
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Parker, Kevin wrote:
Planned route is ex Adelaide (South Australia) to
Sydney, then Los
Angeles (to catch up with the daughter), then New York, onto London,
then maybe Spain, then Zurich, over to Berlin, then Tokyo, down to
Singapore and then home.
As we are in the planning phase Id' interested if anyone knows if
there are any computer museums (or similar things of interest) in
these locations.
If you're in London around a weekend, you could do much worse than
travelling a bit out and visiting Bletchley Park, which was the site of
the WW2 British code-breaking effort. And they even have a computer
museum on site :)
http://www.bletchleypark.co.uk - On some weekends they have special
events; these are often worth looking out for.
Dan
8 Jun
8 Jun
1:40 p.m.
The "Computer Museum of America" near San Diego, CA is
quite nice.
http://www.computer-museum.org/
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Well I probably run a high risk of getting flamed a
bit here but the wife and I are planning a trip -
figured we've worked long enough and deserve it.
Planned route is ex Adelaide (South Australia) to
Sydney, then Los Angeles (to catch up with the
daughter), then New York, onto London, then maybe
Spain, then Zurich, over to Berlin, then Tokyo, down
to Singapore and then home.
As we are in the planning phase Id' interested if
anyone knows if there are any computer museums (or
similar things of interest) in these locations.
TIA!!!
+++++++++++++++++++
Kevin Parker
Web Services Manager
WorkCover Corporation
p: 08 8233 2548
e: webmaster(a)workcover.com
w: www.workcover.com
+++++++++++++++++++
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1:53 p.m.
The "Computer Museum of America" near San
Diego, CA is
quite nice.
http://www.computer-museum.org/
I know of a computer museum in Bozeman, MT located within a short walk of
the MSU campus there. This one I think is mostly about the microcomputer
revolution of the 70's and 80's. I've been told it is rather impressive
albeit physically small.
I've even considered putting my stuff on permanent loan at the Patee
Museum here in St. Joseph.
Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO
9 Jun
9 Jun
1:11 a.m.
New subject: Stag plus stuff-including CPD1802s
Someone might be interested in this.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/Electronics/Other/auction-12338154.htm
No connection to, or knowledge of, the seller.
DaveB
8 Jun
8 Jun
11:59 p.m.
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, Parker, Kevin wrote:
Well I probably run a high risk of getting flamed a
bit here but the
wife and I are planning a trip - figured we've worked long enough and
deserve it.
Planned route is ex Adelaide (South Australia) to Sydney, then Los
Angeles (to catch up with the daughter), then New York, onto London,
then maybe Spain, then Zurich, over to Berlin, then Tokyo, down to
Singapore and then home.
Quite the itinerary.
You must, of course, make it up to the Silicon Valley to visit the
Computer History Museum. In the UK there's Bletchley Park. In Berlin
there's the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin (Berlin Technical Museum) with
Zuse machines, including a re-creation of the Z-1. If you end up in Tokyo
after the 17th of July (which seems likely given your itinerary) then you
can catch a working "PDP-1" at the National Science Museum in their
history of video games exhibit.
Have fun!
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9 Jun
9 Jun
6:44 a.m.
On Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:21:51 +0930
"Parker, Kevin" <KParker(a)workcover.com> wrote:
As we are in the planning phase Id' interested if
anyone knows if
there are any computer museums (or similar things of interest) in
these locations.
M?nchen, Deutsches Museum (rebuild Zuse Z3 etc.)
M?nchen, Collection of Hans Franke
M?nchen, Cray-Cyber project. (http://www.Cray-Cyber.org/)
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Jochen
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7:45 a.m.
Planned route is ex Adelaide (South Australia) to Sydney, then Los
Angeles (to catch up with the daughter), then New York, onto London,
then maybe Spain, then Zurich, over to Berlin, then Tokyo, down to
Singapore and then home.
While in Zurich, forget classic computers and go visit the Alps.
(Jungfraujoch on a good day..).....
There are a few privat computer collections , but no public ones at the
moment.
Not too far away is this one :
http://www.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de/ifi/cs/cm002.html
Jos, 16 km from Z?rich.
1:47 p.m.
Parker, Kevin wrote:
Planned route is ex Adelaide (South Australia) to
Sydney, then
Los Angeles (to catch up with the daughter), then New York, onto
London,
When in London, don't miss the Science Museum (Exhibition Rd., South
Kensington). You should be able to see the Babbage Difference Engine
replica, a Cray-1, an Apple I, the Pilot Ace and many other machines.
The three places to look are the basement (Secret Life of the Home),
the ground floor (Making the Modern World) and the Computing Gallery
itself.
--
John Honniball
coredump(a)gifford.co.uk
10 Jun
10 Jun
8:28 a.m.
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?
Later.
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8:37 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
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