Computer Conservation Society

 

Working Groups

All of the practical work organised by the society is through working groups. Below is a list of the current working parties, and a short summary of the sort of work they are undertaking.

Currently Active Groups

Group Name Summary Based at Chair
Pegasus The Pegasus computer on display at the Science Museum is the oldest extant working electronic computer in the world. It is maintained and operated by members of the CCS. The Pegasus can be seen running every fortnight at the museum. Science Museum Len Hewitt
Bombe Rebuild Project The rebuilt machine is now operational and can be seen at Bletchley Park. Please see the BP web site for more details. Bletchley Park John Harper
Elliott 401 The CCS is restoring an Elliott 401 computer. This machine is not available to be seen by the general public at the moment. Blythe House Arthur Rowles

Elliott 803

John's group is responsible for a pair of Elliott 803 computers. The Bletchley machine can be seen working most weekends. Bletchley Park John Sinclair
DEC   Bletchley Park Kevin Murrell
Software Conservation     David Holdsworth
       
Previous restoration and preservation projects
       
Manchester Baby The project to build a replica of the Small-Scale Experimental
Machine - the world's first computer. Click here for more details.
   
Mil-DAP Distributed Array (Parallel) Processor