TNMOC is awesome. Every geek in the UK should go. You can gift them old computing books for their growing library. Colossus is cool but seeing stuff I never kne

TNMOC is awesome. Every geek in the UK should go. You can gift them old computing books for their growing library. Colossus is cool but seeing stuff I never knew about was more exciting e.g. The Dekatron with its decimal memory you can visually see the values, the awesome radar screens with trakker balls from the 40's or 50's, the cabinets full of early calculators (some are white spitting images of iDevices) or the early CAD system with a graphics card in a larger cabinet than the workstation. Early mainframes and minicomputers are just beautifully styled. 1 min video of the Dekatron running https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVgc8ksstyg#t=17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVgc8ksstyg#t=17 More info and 20 min video http://www.tnmoc.org/special-projects/harwell-dekatron-witch http://www.tnmoc.org/special-projects/harwell-dekatron-witch