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News
April 2022
Members may be interested in an upcoming Newcomen Society lecture by Steve Furber
on the history of the ARM microprocessor which lies at the centre
of almost every mobile ’phone in the world.
In-person or Zoom attendance is available.
Go to
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-call-to-arms-dickinson-lecture-by-steve-furber-tickets-310569771547
to book.
April 2022
Bookings are now being accepted from CCS members and other “insiders”
for the IEEE “Milestone Award” events described below under
“February 2022”.
Go to
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ieee-milestone-awards-the-baby-and-atlas-computers-tickets-261168240237
to book.
Bookings will open to the general public on the 21st of May.
You’ll see that there is no cost and that you can register to attend in person
or online.
If online, then a link will be sent out a few days before the event.
We look forward to your registration for an interesting event that is being part-sponsored by the CCS.
April 2022
In view of the torrent of dreadful news from Ukraine it seems unimportant
but nevertheless we have received this report from Mariupol.
Russian attacks on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol have destroyed an important computer museum
filled with Soviet-era artifacts-Russian forces essentially destroyed their own history.
Other cultural institutions remain vulnerable, including the Software & Computer Museum.
February 2022
The first six of the IEEE Region 8 HISTELCON conferences have their presented
papers in the IEEE Xplore database.
Until recently, only the titles and abstracts were open to view by all, to see
the full papers required access permission to IEEE Xplore,
which is extremely costly, even for IEEE members.
Now, after some lengthy negotiations the full papers have been made
freely available to all persons, forever.
These are the conferences involved:
1. 2008: Paris, France, September 11-12
2. 2010: Madrid, Spain, November 3-5
3. 2012: Pavia, Italy, September 5-8
4. 2015: Tel Aviv, Israel, August 16-21
5. 2017: Kobe, Japan, August 7-8
6. 2019: Glasgow, Scotland, September 18-19
The 7th HISTELCON was held in Moscow last year (18-20 August 2021) -
entirely by ZOOM.
The papers are still being prepared for submission to IEEE Xplore,
and initially the full papers will be available only for payment.
However, negotiations to make them free to all will be attempted.
The 8th HISTELCON is planned for Florence,Italy, probably 8-9 September 2023.
February 2022
The IEEE History Committee has approved two IEEE Milestone Awards for major developments
in computer history which took place in Manchester.
Bronze plaques marking these awards will be unveiled in Manchester on the afternoon
of 21st June 2022, the 74th anniversary of the first program
run by the Manchester Baby computer.
There will also be a morning event in the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry
at which the replica Baby computer will be demonstrated by a team of volunteers
and there will be a display of material from the Ferranti archives.
The two awards are for the
Manchester University “Baby” Computer and its Derivatives, 1948-1951
and the
Atlas Computer and the Invention of Virtual Memory 1957-1962.
After the plaque unveilings there will be talks describing these two developments
and the reasons why they are considered historically important.
A provisional schedule of the event is
here.
Registration information will be circulated shortly.
Meanwhile, please reserve the 21st June in your diary.
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