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Another #SpotTheDifference to round off our #RALcomputing celebrations ๐
1988 vs 2020 โ how much has changed in 32 years? Louise and Emily from Software Engineering showed us how similar their office setup is!
These Central Computing Division staff members are installing their new tape ๐ผ silo in 1992
Data stored on the tape was accessed and read by robot arms ๐ค
We use a very similar tape library system at SCD to this day! #RALcomputing
#SpotTheDifference
SCD graduate Will showed us some of the machine room kit running today - how does it compare to what we had in 1973?
It's certainly a bit noiser - ear defenders are compulsory safety equipment in 2020! ๐ง
#RALcomputing @STFC_Matters @RutherfordApLab
The #transputer revolutionised the computing landscape of the 1980s.
It allowed multiple processors to work together on tasks to speed them up โฉโฉโฉ
Here at RAL we focused on the engineering โ๏ธ applications of transputers #RALcomputing
In 1975 Atlas Computing Laboratory merged with the Rutherford Laboratory and became part of the Science Research Council โจ
This ICL 2904 computer was purchased to manage the grants ๐ค and awards ๐ given by the Council #RALcomputing
Another Atlas-era photograph from 1970 #RALcomputing
Atlas was in operation for nearly 9 years and supported a range of scientific projects, including space research, weather forecasting and text analysis ๐๐ฆ๏ธ
Welcome to the Atlas machine room as of 1966!
The Atlas Computing Laboratory was set up to house this computer, which spanned two floors and needed 24-hour supervision ๐ฅ๏ธ
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63 years ago today it was announced that a new National Institute for Research in Nuclear Science would be created - a place that we now know as @RutherfordApLab! ๐
Take a look at #RALComputing to see snapshots of the world-leading science taking place across the years ๐
#SpotTheDifference
To kick off our day of #RALcomputing, we asked our current "trainee programmers" (graduates and placement students) to recreate this 1991 snap ๐ธ #ThenAndNow
How times change! @STFC_Matters
Harwell has been a pioneer of computing since the 1950s. Hereโs Jim Stephen in 1955 with CADET, the first fully transistorised computer in Europe #RALcomputing
CADET (and its predecessors) were used to solve physics equations too complex to solve by hand ๐
#SpotTheDifference
To kick off our day of #RALcomputing, we asked our current "trainee programmers" (graduates and placement students) to recreate this 1991 snap ๐ธ #ThenAndNow
How times change! @STFC_Matters
Itโs the Rutherford Appleton Laboratoryโs 63rd birthday! ๐
Weโre celebrating by looking back at over 60 years of scientific computing at the Harwell campus, where RAL is based. Follow along! ๐#RALcomputing @STFC_Matters
All photos are ยฉ๏ธSTFC, available https://t.co/YdctWVTtoi
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