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Information Technology News UK Museum of Computing shuts up shop and puts history into storage
Information Technology News UK Museum of Computing shuts up shop and puts history into storage | UK Museum of Computing shuts up shop and puts history into storage |
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| by Davey Winder | |
| Friday, 04 July 2008 | |
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Page 3 of 3 “We’ve had some offers to relocate, but we desperately
want to stay in Swindon,” Webb said,
concluding “We always thought it was the right place for the museum
because of the technology in the location.” By which he means the
presence of both Intel and Motorola in the area, earning it the
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With this history behind it, as well as the support of the British Computer Society and the Codes And Ciphers Heritage Trust, it looks like the new museum has everything going for it. Exhibits will follow the development of computing itself right from those Colossus machines in the 1940s through to the mainframes of the early 1970s and out the other side of the 1980s personal computing revolution. Eventually there will be dedicated permanent exhibits covering everything from gaming to super computing. Perhaps then, the sensible thing would be to not relocate the UK Museum of Computing at all, but rather just relocate the exhibits. Donating the exhibits to the national Museum of Computing would ensure that they get the public exposure they deserve, rather than just end up gathering dust in storage. |
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