The National Museum of Computing's website has the full list of exhibitors, lectures and events. Some of the highlights include:
- The launch of the new Amiga X1000 boasting a dual-core 1.8GHz PowerISA CPU, 2GB memory and Xena 500MHz SDS co-processor
- 20+ exhibitors demonstrating a variety of historic computers
- Lectures by a number of key figures in computing history, including Sophie Wilson, one of the designers of Acorn Computers and ARM processors
- Retro gaming competition
I'll be there when the gates open at 10:30am on Saturday. Are you planning to attend?
Oh.. Acorn! The "british Apple"! A big thanks for them for creating the game "Elite" (as Acornsoft, a subsidiary).
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I was at Bletchley Park only last week and am looking forward to returning to go to this festival. The great thing about the tickets is that they are season tickets, so you get access to all of Bletchley park for the next 12 months!
ReplyDeleteRather than Elite, Sophie is actually known for designing the instruction set for the Acorn RISC Machine chip. A chip that running at 4MHz, blew the doors off the Intel 80186 and 80286 chips that Intel was peddling.
ReplyDeleteARM chips now run at 200MHz+ and there's one in every iPhone, Nintendo DS, and many many many other devices.
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Im going to be there assisting on the http://www.computinghistory.org.uk display.
ReplyDeleteAnyone going today (Friday) for setup and the BBQ?
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