{"id":20,"date":"2018-03-06T14:31:03","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T14:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/cs-history\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-07-11T11:42:21","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:42:21","slug":"hardware","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/cs-history\/hardware\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Computing Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"
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IBM S\/360-67 shortly after installation in 1967.<\/p><\/div>\n

We have an online catalogue of artefacts at nuhc.ncl.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

We have a remarkable collection of physical artefacts dating back to 1957, thanks to the dilligent archiving work of Roger Broughton (-2016). After Roger’s passing, the Historic Computing Committee<\/a> was formed to coordinate the continued development of the collection.<\/p>\n

Roger also developed a corresponding Virtual Museum of web pages illustrating and documenting the vast collection. Roger’s Virtual Museum has been moved to a permanent home at this address: http:\/\/moca.ncl.ac.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Displays<\/h2>\n

We have four permanent display cabinets (with five more awaiting installation), within which we exhibit a mixture of temporary and permanent exhibitions.<\/p>\n

Cabinet 1<\/h3>\n

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Cabinet 1 normally lives in the foyer outside of the School of Computing Reception, Floor 2, Urban Sciences Building. It houses a selection of artefacts from the mainframe computer era.<\/p>\n

Cabinets 2 & 3<\/a><\/h3>\n

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2 & 3 are situated immediately opposite the main entrance to the Urban Science Building.<\/p>\n

These cabinets house artefacts relating to the IBM 360\/67 that was purchased by the Lab in 1967, including the CPU panel<\/a> (with operational lights), the virtual memory panel that was unique to the model 67, and several modern commissioned pieces. Please see the Cabinets 2 & 3 dedicated page<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n

Cabinet 4<\/h3>\n

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Cabinet 4 is our newest arrival and is positioned close to the second main entrance to the Urban Sciences Building. It houses a display of micro computers, laptops and personal digital assistants.<\/p>\n

Our intention is to use it for a series of rotating exhibits, including sets of our microcomputer collection as well as other themes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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