Volunteers at the Computer History Museum have recovered 50+ year old code from the Museum's Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC), an engineering test version of the computer astronauts used to land on the Moon on July 20, 1969. Quick video: https://t.co/idVzZcoOaz
Thanks @britishlibrary for making the LEO story Recording of the week: Frank Land OBE - from Nazi Germany to the tea shop electronic brain - Sound and vision blog https://t.co/qxvSazyAFw
Last week I recorded an amazing oral history interview with engineer, computer historian, museum professional and scholar Doron Swade — transcript to come on @ArchivesIT ! #histcomp#twitterstorians#oralhistory
We are very sad to hear that Dick Barnes, early computer pioneer and co-designer of the #HarwellDekatron / #WITCH, has passed away. Here is our tribute to him. The WITCH pays tribute every day at the museum. https://t.co/NQZsWfnHuE
Peter Kirstein's research group at University College London was one of the first international connections on the #ARPANET in 1973.
@bettygorf caught up with him this week for our archive - we look forward to bringing you the interview very soon.
@bcs@uclcs#internet
Frank Land escaped Nazi Germany in 1939 & was fostered in Hertfordshire. His first job was with J Lyons & Co as a statistics clerk where he worked on LEO, the first business computer.
His interview is a fascinating read:👇
https://t.co/uUMQiZIlMi
@leocomputers51#MigrantsDay