Posts by YAAC

The sun is shining, the birds are singing. You can shut the curtains and tour The National Museum of Computing in VR

Re: Security.

Yup. You can see the public Wi-fi credentials.

Re: Security.

That’d be the public Wi-fi access.

ALGOL 60 at 60: The greatest computer language you've never used and grandaddy of the programming family tree

Re: It started my career move...

I used that machine in 1970. We lowly engineering students weren't allowed anywhere near the machine so we prepared our stuff in the teletype room next door. Submit the tape, come back tomorrow, fix the errors - rinse and repeat.

National Museum of Computing to hold live Enigma code-breaking demo with a Bombe

Block H didn’t house any Bombe machines. It was erected between May and September 1944 to house Colossus 5 to 9. It therefore qualifies as the first purpose built computer centre.

A viewing of the Bombe replica, a truly monumental undertaking, is the perfect accompaniment to Colossus, Heath Robinson and the Tunny machine rebuilds Then take in the rest of TNMOC, best done on one of the public tours.

UK spy agency warns Brit telcos to flee from ZTE gear

Since when is Banbury close to Cheltenham?

National Museum of Computing rattles the bucket: Help shift war-winning proto-puter

If you want to see all of TNMOC, including the Harwell Dekatron/Witch and you can only get there on a Monday or Tuesday your best bet is to book yourself on a guided tour on Tuesday at 2:30pm. Otherwise on those days you’re restricted to the Tunny and Colossus galleries.