The Sirius 1 is a computer built to be a competitor to the IBM XT (though it was not fully IBM-compatible). The computer and the Sirius company was formed by Chuck Peddle and Chris Fish. Chuck was famous for heading the design team to create the MOS 6502 CPU, one Read more…
The Kaypro 2X is a portable computer from 1984. It uses a 4MHz Zilog 80 CPU and is was built to be reasonably rugged with its all-metal case. Its 9″ screen was a reasonable size for a portable machine, though all this made the computer suprisingly heavy, weighing 26lb (12kg). Read more…
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…
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…
In 1966 HP though they should try this computer game. They formed the Cupertino Division and developed the 2116A. Jumping in at the deep end with a 16-bit computer, it turned out to be pretty good for the price. The HP 2116c was introduced in 1970, and was an upgraded Read more…