Little-Miss Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 (edited) No, not our Witch! Popped to the National Computer Museum yesterday. Instantly start smiling as soon as i enter. I love the noise! Why cant computers sound like that these days (ok, yeah i know). Immediately approached by uber geeks who passionately explain every bit of kit in there. After convincing them that neither me or my fella were programmers and that i just do a bit of IT and just wanted to have a look we wondered over to WITCH. (Harwell Dekatron Computer) It's a thing of beauty. I stood and watched whilst they got her restarted. It's pretty mind blowing. It was dismantled and forgotten about because the Birmingham museum couldn't get it to work. My fella was pretty excited as he got to use the control that lets you run the program through step by step. It's got one bug which apparently the guy who rebuilt it is currently at home trying to figure out. The last surviving original builder occasionally pops in to see if he can help. Then @SYSMAN_MK happened.. Edited February 22, 2013 by Little-Miss 4
DavidIrwin Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 Awesome. I now feel the need to visit Milton Keynes for 2 reasons... that and to go practice my snowboarding
6Foot2 Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 ...and to go practice my snowboarding Sorry this is off topic but I just watched this video and then read this thread and your comment.
nicholab Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 Has any one read "A computer called LEO" it about the world 1st business computer build by a British Firm.
Little-Miss Posted February 22, 2013 Author Posted February 22, 2013 (edited) it was was doing a calculation...square roots from 99 down 1...i think... - - - Updated - - - WHAT HAS @SYSMAN_MK STARTED?! [ATTACH=CONFIG]17277[/ATTACH] i love you guys.... Edited February 22, 2013 by Little-Miss 1
shenley Posted February 22, 2013 Posted February 22, 2013 We have a thread about WITCH: http://www.edugeek.net/forums/general-chat/104608-theyre-rebooting-witch.html See postings 17 & 26 for some info about when it was in Birmingham.
Little-Miss Posted February 22, 2013 Author Posted February 22, 2013 The black printer to the far left of it is older and still working lol
Little-Miss Posted February 22, 2013 Author Posted February 22, 2013 The guy that noticed it in the corner and rescued it was a TNMOC trustee. How about that for luck.
SpuffMonkey Posted February 23, 2013 Posted February 23, 2013 Has any one read "A computer called LEO" it about the world 1st business computer build by a British Firm. Yeah - Its well worth a read people!
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