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Bletchley given £57,000 donation

9th September 2008

A bid to save Britain’s computing heritage has been given a $100,000 (£57,000) boost by a joint donation from US hi-tech firms IBM and PGP.

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MSN Battle : Console Wars

24th August 2008

What’s the greatest games machine of them all? It’s an argument that’s raged for as long as we’ve had joysticks to waggle and controller buttons

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'Neglect' of Bletchley condemned

24th July 200811th November 2025

A call to save Bletchley Park has gone out from the UK’s computer scientists. More than 100 academics have signed a letter to The Times

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It's the End for 3.11!!

14th July 2008

for those that were not aware, we recently announced that effective November 1st, 2008, OEM’s will no longer be able to license Windows for Workgroups

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Useful utilities

7th June 2008

Ive made a new page which I will use to list all software I find useful when I working with my old machines. Feel free

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Centre for Computing History – News Item

5th June 2008

Here is the recording of the news item from Anglia Tonight about the Centre for Computing History museum in Haverhill, Suffolk (East Anglia). Centre for

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Computer Museum on Anglia ITV News

4th June 2008

Haverhill’s new Centre for Computing History is continuing to make waves across the region. Following a double page feature in today’s East Anglian Daily Times

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Visit to Eureka!

19th May 2008

We went for a trip up to “Eureka! The children’s museum” in Halifax(Yorkshire, UK) at the weekend. This museum was opened in 1993 Whilst walking

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My visit to the "Computing History UK"

5th April 2008

I was lucky enought to visit the “Computing History UK” museum today. Lots, and I mean lots of interesting kit there. I have taken some

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Website aims to publish new Beeb games

27th March 2008

A website was launched this week for punters who fancy a go at creating software for vintage Acorn 8-bit hardware. RetroSoftware.co.uk was set up to

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