[dorkbotnyc-blabber] [Fwd: [dorkbotlondon-blabber] Bletchley Park Field Trip this Saturday]

[douglas repetto]

OMG, I am so jealous about this. I want to see a 30mph punch tape 
reader! What have we got in NYC that's in the same realm? Should we 
organize a field trip? Who's got access?

douglas



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Subject: 	[dorkbotlondon-blabber] Bletchley Park Field Trip this Saturday
Date: 	Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:46:46 +0000
From: 	Ian Morrison <ian at darq.net>
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Hey gang,

Each Tuesday night I organise a free Unix workshop called Funix.  As
part of that, and to share the delights of old big boxen with the
students, we're going on a field trip and any interested dorks are very
much invited. Hope you can make it; it's going to be awesome.

     * Who: Funix faculty and friends
     * Where:  Meet at Euston station outside WHSmiths (map at
       http://is.gd/jGQj )
     * When: Saturday, 10:00am at Euston Station
     * How much:  ~ £30 (Return train journey £18.80, Bletchley Park
       membership is £10 for 1 year)
     * Why: Beautiful old machines (e.g. a PDP 11 with vector display),
       enthusiastic volunteer guides (many of whom worked there in WWII),
       meet the guy that rebuilt colossus in his garage and exclaim "no
       effin way" when you see the 30mph punch tape reader.


The National museum of computing ( http://www.tnmoc.org/ )is located at
Bletchley park, and it's a strange place filled with heavy electronics
from another era. If you were disappointed by the Science Museum's
computer section, this should be much more to your liking.

More info:

http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/content/visit/attractions.rhtm

Train times:

http://traintimes.org.uk/london/bletchley
park/09:30/2009-02-21/17:45/2009-02-21

We're on irc.darq.com #funix if you'd like to chat about it.

Stay frosty and alert,


ian

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