http://www.silicon.com Results for National Museum of Computing en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39554597,00.htm The Witch machine (shown here) is being restored by volunteers at The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. The device, which is designed to swim around the stomach to investigate any problems via remote control, was on show as part of an... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 17:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39547915,00.htm Bletchley, which houses the National Museum of Computing, has won £460,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund to help fund its restoration and could receive a further £4.1m to transform it into a heritage and educational centre. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:09:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39510623,00.htm Take a look at the pictures from the National Museum of Computing and you'll agree - it's a mighty piece of kit. Most of us carry more computing power in our trouser pockets these days than it takes to put man on the moon, so it's worth remembering... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 04 Sep 2009 15:47:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39509135,00.htm Volunteers at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) at Bletchley Park will rebuild the Witch machine (shown here) - a computer that was first used in 1951 for atomic research. The museum is inviting members of the public and industry to sponsor... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:19:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39500000,00.htm Bletchley, which houses the National Museum of Computing, had been seeking government backing as it currently only has enough cash to sustain it for two to three more years. Bletchley Park, the home of UK codebreakers during World War II, will get... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:07:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39437306,00.htm Our photos of the National Museum of Computing's PC Gallery which opened last month included the retrotastic Commodore PET 2001 pictured above - which had a built-in monochrome monitor, a 1MHz processer and up to 8KB of memory. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:09:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39435095,00.htm The good news follows last week's blow to Bletchley Park, home to The National Museum of Computing, after the government refused a request for more funding to support the site while restoration work is carried out. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 26 May 2009 14:55:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39429758,00.htm The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley houses a collection of computers, which includes the rebuilt Colossus machine used to break high-level German codes during the war. The site has been deemed ineligible for funding from the National... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 11 May 2009 17:26:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39428128,00.htm Lin Jones, project manager at The National Museum of Computing, said the British boom in personal computing during the 1980s, which gave rise to the BBC, Spectrum and Amstrad, had inspired a generation of programmers. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 07 May 2009 15:58:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39406832,00.htm Huts three and six will form part of a heritage lottery-fund application," he continued, adding that the buildings housing the National Museum of Computing are "in good order" compared with the rest of the site, and so were not such a priority. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:56:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39399129,00.htm Applegate, who has worked with former Blur frontman Damon Albarn, hopes Obsolete will put the spotlight on the UK's computing heritage and the tech treasures within The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) at Bletchley. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 10 Mar 2009 10:17:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39401707,00.htm Photo credit: The National Museum of Computing The classic radar tech that kept the airspace over southern England safe for decades was back in action last month at The National Museum of Computing, housed at the WWII code-breaking centre Bletchley... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 02 Mar 2009 14:15:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39396811,00.htm The tech that kept the airspace over southern England safe for decades is back in action at The National Museum of Computing (TNMOC), at WWII code-breaking centre Bletchley Park. Photo credit: The National Museum of Computing editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:45:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39357530,00.htm The rebuild of the machine that played a major part in the Allied victory is on show at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley. The past year has seen some memorable footage come to silicon.com including Bill Gates' final visit to London... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:26:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39357532,00.htm The computer is on show at Bletchley Park's National Museum of Computing. In May, the gleaming, primary colours of 1950s sci-fi icon Dan Dare met the vacuum tubes, dials and buttons of post-World War II computing at the Birth of Hi-Tech Britain... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:41:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39300168,00.htm In September silicon.com had an exclusive look through the treasure trove of historical technology in the National Museum of Computing at the home of the World War II codebreakers, Bletchley Park. First up was a look at an exhibition showing how... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:47:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39297116,00.htm But even as the world was gripped by the fear of imminent financial meltdown and the end of capitalism as we know it - or perhaps because of all this economic gloom and doom - silicon.com readers were harking back to the halcyon days of computing... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:25:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39293825,00.htm While Bletchley Park may be best known for housing the Enigma code-breaking machine during World War II, the former intelligence facility is still home to numerous tech treasures in the National Museum of Computing. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:55:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39296615,00.htm See what else silicon.com saw at the National Museum of Computing based at Bletchley Park, home of World War II code-breakers and the Colossus code-cracking supercomputer. Another piece of computing history at the National Museum of Computing was... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:02:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39288646,00.htm I've mentioned the video player already of course, and I'm a big fan of all the video we've been publishing from the National Museum of Computing out at Bletchley - the video of the Elliott 803, one of the first British business computers used in... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:15:01 +0000