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Our Computer Heritage |
This three-year project will identify, document and explain historical material relevant to the development of early British computers. The emphasis is on 80 computers that were designed and built in the UK between 1945 and 1970, and on the 2,000 resulting installations. The final deliverable will be a multimedia, web-accessible, database which acts both as a serious reference and an informative introduction to a wider audience.
Click here for a document describing the motivation, scope and organisation of the project, together with a listing of the 80 computers to be covered.
The project is led by the Computer Conservation Society. Partners in the project include the British Computer Society, the National Archive for the History of Computing, the National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office), the National Museum of Science and Industry, the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, and the National Museums of Scotland.
CCS volunteers began a Pilot Study in 2004. Click here for our work-in-progress, which gives technical details of a sub-set of about 40 early British Computers produced by Elliott Brothers (London) Ltd., English Electric Ltd., Ferranti Ltd., LEO Computers Ltd., and BTM/ICT/ICT.