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I love computing history. For anyone in the UK, I recommend you visit the national museum of computing in Milton Keynes.

It has so many things to look and interact with.

Most notably the Colossus, Bombe, Acorn computers and BBC micros.

If you are visiting as a tourist it's not too hard to get there from central London by train or car.



Thank you for this tip: I saw your comment this morning and went today (am visiting London). Great stuff. Not as much vintage “modern” computing as the Computer History Museum in Mountain View but lots of amazing things, and of course lots about the Enigma and code breaking.


:D glad you liked it, I wish I could take commission for the amount of referrals I have given for it.

I take it you noticed the "politics" of Bletchely Park trust and TNMOC. Its sad that the two organisations fight over the heritage of that place.


And worth it to step inside Alan Turing’s office (to be clear, that’s in a nearby but separate museum at Bletchley Park).




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