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| Issue 10 - October 2008 | www.tnmoc.org Apologies for the delay since the last issue of the newsletter
- a lot has happened and we have lots to tell you over the next few issues! |
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 | Air Traffic Control System Restored
National
Air Traffic Services (NATS) kindly donated the last of their PDP11
based radar stations earlier in the year. We first saw the system at
West Drayton in 2001 and it has always been our hope to have this
system working and on display in the museum. It has taken a huge effort
to piece the various components of the system back together, but
volunteers Ben Trethowan and Peter Vaughan now have a working system!
There is more work to be done, but we can now replay historical recordings of flights in and out of London's Heathrow Airport! Click here for more pictures and video! | |
 | Elliott 905 Computer arrives
We
have recently added an Elliott 905 computer to the Large Systems room.
This machine, from the late 1960s, is now next to the Elliott 803. Work
has begun on bringing the machine back to working order, and we will
chart progress in this newsletter. The machine was owned by Dina St
Johnstone - wife of Andrew St Johnstone - and the founder of Vaughan
Programming Services - one of the first software houses in the UK. | |
 | Short Video Series
The
list of short videos about the museum and some of the machines is
growing. They include several on the PDP8 restoration project, the
Elliott 803, and the newly restored air traffic control system. We have
links to several BBC-produced items on Colossus and Tunny and have
added links to videos recently produced by silicon.com
Click here for the video series index page | |
 | An Evening with Colossus
The
second in our series of extended evening lectures is scheduled for
Thursday 6th November, 2008. This will be a repeat of the popular and
previously over-subscribed lecture on the breaking of the Lorenz cipher
and the re-building of the Colossus computer. After the lecture, and a
glass of wine, there will be a detailed demonstration of the Tunny
machine and Colossus computer with Tony Sale.
Click here for more information about the event | |
There are many ways to support the museum - some of which mean you get some limited edition special items:
Donate £25 for a special limited edition T-Shirt
Donate £100 or more and join the founder donors list and receive our founders medal.
Click here for more details
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