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

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

That does sound pretty awesome.  There should be stuff like that in  
the Hudson Valley, since there used to be so much IBM up there.  I  
don't have any specific leads, but there are some great junk stores up  
in Kingston that probably still have old mainframes and the like.

If you are in the Silicon Valley, there is the Computer History Museum:

http://www.computerhistory.org/

.hc

On Feb 17, 2009, at 12:01 PM, douglas repetto wrote:

>
> 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
>
>
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> 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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