Sir William Henry Bragg, Born at Westward, Wigton (1862). Joint Nobel prize winner along with his son (1915). Ranked 3rd out of 87 in the Great British Innovation vote. Computer Conservation Society’s“Resurrection“ (Spring 2017) Wigton Market Cross Prince Charles starts the New Wigton Market Cross. Tour of Britain Cycle Race Read more…
This type of Loom is interesting in how it shows the crossover between Digital Computing and Weaving in that both systems use a binary form of programming.
For a while I had been looking into the Kenbak-1 computer, admiring how much can be achieved with such basic logic circuits compared to the alternatives in 1971. Having been taught the importance of shift registers at University I was pleased to see them in use throughout the Kenback-1 architecture Read more…
We would like to thank Mr Aram of Masson Mill for kindly donating this program chain and showing us around his Museum & Centre. The Dobby Loom was first introduced in the mid 19th century and was programmed using a continuous chain of pegged slats. Still binary in nature, (yes Read more…
Tom Kilburn Interviewed by Ken Howarth (1982) for the North West Sound Archive. (Notes from Ken Howarth)The interview was recorded on Monday 1st March 1982. I kept a diary in those days and the entry reads: “In the afternoon I drove over to Urmston to see Prof Tom Kilburn. I Read more…