Computer Conservation Society

 

Events for the period 2010 - 2011 season of lectures

 

Date/Location     Event Title   Speakers
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Thu 16th Sep 2010 14:30
Research Machines   John Leighfield
         

Tue 26th Oct 2010 18:30
Ferranti Argus: Bloodhound on my trail: open innovation in a closed World
Note start time later than usual.
This is a joint meeting with the Newcomen Society and the IET.
  Jonathan Aylen
         

Thu 28th Oct 2010 14:00
CCS Annual General Meeting    
    Followed by...    

Thu 28th Oct 2010 14:30
Tales of the Unexpected: an alternative history of the computing industry   John Naughton and Bill Thompson
         

Tue 16th Nov 2010 17:30
The LEO Story   Gordon Foulger
         

Thu 18th Nov 2010 14:30
Konrad Zuse and the Origins of The Computer   Horst Zuse
         

Thu 16th Dec 2010 14:30
Historic Computer Films   Panel of CCS Speakers
         

Thu 20th Jan 2011 14:30
Homo sapiens, cultural evolution and computing – a perspective.   George Mallen
         

Tue 18th Jan 2011 17:30
The Harwell Dekatron Computer   Kevin Murrell and Tony Frazer
         

Tue 15th Feb 2011 17:30
Is it 1 or 0: A look at past and future methods for physical data storage.   Steve Hill
         

Thu 17th Feb 2011 14:30
The Evolution of Hard Disk Drives   Neil McPhail
         

Tue 15th Mar 2011 17:30
The Evolution of Radar Systems   Frank Barker
         

Thu 17th Mar 2011 14:30
Earthquake or Explosion - Computers in Seismology applied to Test-Ban Verification.   Alan Douglas
         

Thu 21st Apr 2011 14:30
The story of Elliott-Automation Computers, 1946 - 1986   Simon Lavington
         

Thu 19th May 2011 14:30
EARLY COMPUTERS IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL   John Smith, Neville Evans, and Ben Trethowan