Organization:Computer Conservation Society
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| Founded | 1989 |
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| Type | Professional Organisation |
| Focus | History of Computing in the UK |
| Origins | The British Computer Society, Science Museum, MOSI |
Area served | UK and worldwide |
| Method | Research, Education, Restorations and Recontructions |
Members | 1,000+ |
| Website | www.computerconservationsociety.org |
The Computer Conservation Society (CCS) is a British organisation, founded in 1989. It is under the joint umbrella of the British Computer Society,[1] the London Science Museum and the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.[2][3]
Overview
The CCS is interested in the history of computing in general and the conservation and preservation of early British historical computers in particular.[4]
The society runs a series of monthly public lectures between September and May each year in both London and Manchester. The events are detailed on the society's website.[5]
The CCS publishes a quarterly journal, Resurrection.[6][7]
The society celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2014.[8][9]
Dr Doron Swade,[10] formerly the curator of the computing collection at the London Science Museum, was a founding committee member. The current[when?] chair of the society is Mr David Morriss. The immediate past chair was Mrs Rachel Burnett.
Projects
The society organises a number of projects to reconstruct and maintain early computers and to conserve early software. For example:
- Restorations
- Elliott 401
- Elliott 803
- Elliott 903 and 905
- DEC Systems
- Pegasus
- ICT 1301 Project
- Harwell Dekatron Computer
- Differential Analyser
- HEC 1
- Reconstructions
- Colossus Rebuild
- Manchester Baby
- Bombe Rebuild
- EDSAC Replica Project[11][12]
- Babbage's Analytical Engine
- Other projects
- Software preservation
- "Our Computer Heritage" website[13]
- Tony Sale Award for computer conservation and restoration[14][15]
Locations
London Science Museum:
- Ferranti Pegasus (Not currently being displayed working)
Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester:
- Manchester Baby
- Hartree Differential Analyser
The National Museum of Computing:
- Colossus
- Harwell Dekatron or WITCH
- ICL 2966
- Elliot 803
- Elliott 905
- EDSAC Replica
Bletchley Park Trust:
- Bombe
Currently not on public display:
- ICT 1301 (Currently in storage at The National Museum of Computing)
- Elliott 401
References
- ↑ "Computer Conservation Society". British Computer Society. http://www.bcs.org/category/13184. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ "Computer Conservation Society: Aims and Objectives of the Society". Digital 60. UK: University of Manchester. http://curation.cs.manchester.ac.uk/digital60/www.digital60.org/about/computerconservation/index.html. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ "Computer Conservation Society". FOLDOC. http://foldoc.org/Computer%20Conservation%20Society. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ Johnson, Roger. "Computer Conservation Society (CCS) – Its Story and Experience". Making the History of Computing Relevant (Springer) 416: pp. 249-257. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-41650-7_22. ISBN 978-3-642-41649-1.
- ↑ "Events". Computer Conservation Society. http://www.computerconservationsociety.org/lectures/current/lecture.htm. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ The CCS Journal – Resurrection, British Computer Society, http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/35062, retrieved 8 January 2018
- ↑ Resurrection – The CCS Journal, Computer Conservation Society, http://www.computerconservationsociety.org/resurrection.htm, retrieved 8 January 2018
- ↑ Halfacree, Gareth (15 October 2014). "Computer Conservation Society turns 25". bit-tech. https://www.bit-tech.net/news/ccs-turns-25/1/. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ "The British Computer Conservation Society is 25 years old". 27 October 2014. http://ajovomultja.hu/news/british-computer-conservation-society-25-years-old?language=en. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ Swade, Doron (20 January 2017). "Winter 2016 report to the Computer Conservation Society". Plan 28 Blog. http://blog.plan28.org/2017/01/winter-2016-report-to-computer.html. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ "The EDSAC Replica Project – Computer Conservation in the UK". Computer History Museum. http://www.computerhistory.org/events/video/37/. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ "Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer EDSAC Replica Project" (PDF). http://chiphack.org/talks/edsac-replica.pdf. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
- ↑ "Our Computer Heritage". Computer Conservation Society. http://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/.
- ↑ "CCS launches the Tony Sale Award". The National Museum of Computing. 8 May 2012. http://www.tnmoc.org/news/news-releases/ccs-launches-tony-sale-award.
- ↑ "Tony Sale Award". Computer Conservation Society. http://www.sale-award.org/.
External links
- CCS website
- Our Computer Heritage — a project led by the CCS
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