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Andrew J over 5 years ago

For anyone who is interested, The National Museum of Computing has a virtual tour on line.

https://www.tnmoc.org/news-releases/2017/6/6/3d-virtual-tour-now-online?rq=virtual

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Andrew J over 5 years ago in reply to shabaz +2

I should think since then, they've got the Bombe in and EDSAC up and (pretty much) running. It would be good to see you back once it opens again!
shabaz over 5 years ago +1

Great virtual tour : ) works better than expected! And brought back lots of memories from the last time I visited (several years ago). I couldn't find a way to virtually step sideways (without rotation…
neilk over 5 years ago +1

Nice tour! last visited over 6 years ago and was particularly interested in the Elliott 803, as it's the machine I first learned to program, using Algol 60. Our machine was 5 hole paper tape in and out…

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dubbie over 5 years ago

I didn't seem to be able to look at the posters on the walls. Maybe I was doing something wrong.

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Andrew J over 5 years ago in reply to dubbie

The posters are visible to the extent they are in the video frame. Some have green hotspots on them for more info. I'm not sure what you are/are not doing though - are you expecting to click on a 'poster in the video' and see a blown up copy perhaps? I believe only the green hotspots are clickable.
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Andrew J over 5 years ago in reply to dubbie

The posters are visible to the extent they are in the video frame. Some have green hotspots on them for more info. I'm not sure what you are/are not doing though - are you expecting to click on a 'poster in the video' and see a blown up copy perhaps? I believe only the green hotspots are clickable.
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dubbie over 5 years ago in reply to Andrew J

Andrew,

I guess I was expecting it to be like the Google streetmaps thingy where you can orientate the view into almost any direction.

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