Computer museums

From: Geoffrey Thomas <geoffreythomas_at_onetel.net.uk>
Date: Sat Jun 12 18:09:32 2004

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.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Kolb" <dankolb_at_ox.compsoc.net>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: Computer museums


> 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
>
Received on Sat Jun 12 2004 - 18:09:32 BST

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