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ERNIE is on display in the Science Museum in London if you happen to be in the area and want to have a look. It's pretty impressive when you're up close and pe
by lexicality 7y ago
ERNIE is on display in the Science Museum in London if you happen to be in the area and want to have a look.
It's pretty impressive when you're up close and personal with it.
https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co62675/gpo-ernie-i-number-selector https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co62675...
- JNRowe 7y agoI'm not sure if they're still ordering things the way they were when I last visited, but I loved the ~10m walk from abacus to a Babbage Difference Engine too. Plus, if you have a flexible lunch it is a practical visit over a few days at this time of year too. https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co62243/difference-engine-no-1-difference-engine-portion-only https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co62243...
- m-i-l 7y agoThey've also got the prototype ERNIE mark 1 at the National Museum of Computing[0], next to the Colossus[1] (the first programmable digital computer) given it was designed by some of the same team very shortly afterwards. [0] https://www.tnmoc.org/notes-from-the-museum/2019/4/18/honouring-ernie-in-virtual-worlds https://www.tnmoc.org/notes-from-the-museum/2019/4/18/honour... [1] https://www.tnmoc.org/colossus https://www.tnmoc.org/colossus