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The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park is well worth a visit, too!
by SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park is well worth a visit, too!
- dougmwne 7y agoAbsolutely! I was just there a few weeks ago and I had the best time. There's displays of equipment from the 60's - today, but also several rooms with wartime electromechanical and electrical machines used by Bletchley Park to break Enigma and Lorenz. Incredible!
- unnawut 7y agoI second this. The most amazing thing to me is that they still keep many of those really old machines and peripherals: the Colossus and more, up and running. It's one thing to see those historic computers on display, it's a whole new level seeing them running, producing heat and noise!
- NextHendrix 7y agoThat colossus is a replica, the original machines were all destroyed
- unnawut 7y agoThat's true. I forgot that. Still impressive to see live action though.
- mothsonasloth 7y agoYes go there but be aware of a slight subtlety. Although the National Museum of Computing (TNMOC) is inside Bletchely park. It is a different organisation. TNMOC has all the interesting computers and the Bletchely park trust has the land and buildings. There is still a political battle going on between the two (which is sad). They put fences around TNMOC as though to keep people from wandering in there. - I am a TNMOC member
- shellac 7y agoYep, those fences are awful. You need to essentially walk through a car park and keep going to find TNMOC. But it is wonderful. Far better than next door, to be honest.