PJ Evans' presentation to Imperica's "Horizons" event. BFI, London, 5/6 May 2012. www.imperica.com/horizons

1. From Colossus To
Colour-Clash
PJ Evans
@mrpjevans
Image: Bill Bertram, Source: Wikipedia - Creative Commons
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2. The Role of Cakes and
Biscuits in the Development
of the UK Computer
Industry During the Late
20th Century
Image: Bill Bertram, Source: Wikipedia - Creative Commons
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3. I Used To
Write For
This...
Source: http://retrobrothers.hubpages.com/hub/Crash-Magazine
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4. ...About This.
Source: http://www.viewdata.org.uk/galerien/Prestel/welcome2.jpg
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5. Bletchley Park
Home of the Codebreakers
Image: PJ Evans, Creative Commons
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6. Visit!
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7. Image: Flickr: xsomnis, Creative Commons
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8. 1725
First Punch Cards
Source: George P Landau, http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/textiles/jacquard2.html
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9. 1804
Elliott Brothers
Image: Museum of The History of Science, Oxford
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10. 1837
Babbage’s
Analytical Engine
Image: Source Unknown
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11. 1842
First Computer
Programme
Image: Source Unknown
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12. 1902
British Tabulating Machine Company
Source: Bletchley Park Archives
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13. 1936
Turing’s Universal
Machine
Image: Source Unknown
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14. 1937
IBM Punch Cards Reach Peak
Source: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/storage/storage_PH001.html
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15. 1938
Bletchley Park
Source: Bletchley Park Archives
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16. 1940
Bletchley Park
Image: James Cridland,Creative Commons
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17. 1940
The Turing Bombe
Image: PJ Evans, Creative Commons
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18. 1941
Lorenz SZ/42
Source: PJ Evans, Creative Commons
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19. 1941
Bill Tutte
Image: Source Unknown
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20. 1941
Heath Robinson
Image: PJ Evans, Creative Commons
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21. 1943
Tommy Flowers
Image: Source Unknown
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22. 1944
Colossus
Source: Bletchley Park Archives
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23. 1946
ENIAC
Image: Public Domain
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24. 1947
The Transistor
Image: Public Domain
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25. 1949
EDSAC
Image: Public Domain
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26. 1950
Pilot ACE
Image: Public Domain, Source; http://www.computerhistory.org/
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27. 1950
Elliott 152
Image: Public Domain, Source: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/CCS/res/res55.htm
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28. 1951
Harwell Dekatron
(WITCH)
Image: PJ Evans, Creative Commons
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30. 1951
LEO 1
Source: http://www.computermuseum.li/
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31. 1953
Experimental
Transistor
Computer
Image: Dick Grimsdale, Source: http://www.digital60.org/
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32. 1954
LEO Computers
Source: The Register
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33. 1956
Shockley
Semiconductor
Lab
Source: http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/digital-logic/12/275/1391
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34. 1956
Elliott 405
Source: http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/CCS/res/res42.htm
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35. 1959
Elliott 803
Image: PJ Evans,. Creative Commons
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36. 1959
International Computers and Tabulators
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hand-Operated_Card_Punch_(ICT_logo).jpg, Creative Commons
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37. 1960
CDC 1604
Source: http://www.computerhistory.org/
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38. 1961
Sinclair Radionics
Image: Source Unknown
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39. 1962
LEO III
Source: LEO Computer Society
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40. 1962
Space War!
Source: http://pongmuseum.com/
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41. 1964
English Electric Leo Marconi
Source: http://www.fcet.staffs.ac.uk/jdw1/sucfm/sucfmcomputers.htm
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42. 1965
Elliott 903
Source: http://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/E5%20Elliott%20903.htm
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43. 1965
DEC
PDP-8
Source: Science Museum, London
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44. 1968
Wilson Consolidation
Source: http://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/
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45. 1968
International
Computers
Limited
Source: http://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/
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46. 1968
Intel
Source: Wikipedia
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47. 1970
DEC
PDP-11
Image: Stefan_Kögl, Source: Wikipedia
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48. 1971
First Email Sent
Source: http://www.eduard-rhein-stiftung.de/html/2011/Kulturpreis_e.html
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49. 1971
Intel 4004
Source: Lexikon's History of Computing Encyclopedia on CD ROM
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50. 1972
Pong
Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=LPkUvfL8T1I
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51. 1972
Intel 8008
Source: Lexikon's History of Computing Encyclopedia on CD ROM
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52. 1972
Micral
Image: Rama, Source: Wikipedia - Creative Commons
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53. 1974
SCELBI-8H
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SCELBI_8H_Computer.jpg - Creative Commons
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54. 1974
Zilog
Image: Intel Free Press, Source: Wikipedia, Creative Commons
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55. 1976
Z80
Source: Wikipedia
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56. 1976
Sinclair Radionics start design of NewBrain
Image: Rama, Source: Wikipedia - Creative Commons
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57. 1977
Commodore PET
Image: PJ Evans. Creative Commons
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58. 1977
Science of Cambridge
MK 14
Source: Planet Sinclair
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59. 1978
Cambridge Processor Unit
Images: Source Unknown
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60. 1978
8086
Source: Wikipedia
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61. 1980
ZX80
Source: Wikipedia
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63. 1981
ZX81
Image: Mikey Walters, Source: Wikipedia - Creative Commons
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64. 1981
IBM PC
Image: Engelbert Reinek , Source: Wikipedia - Creative Commons
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65. 1982
ICL 2966
Image: PJ Evans, Creative Commons
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66. 1982
Richard Altwasser &
Rick Dickinson
Source: Your Computer
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67. 1982
Richard Altwasser &
Rick Dickinson
Source: http://www.reghardware.com/2012/04/23/retro_week_sinclair_zx_spectrum_at_30/
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68. Image: Bill Bertram, Creative Commons
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69. 1985
First ARM Chip Produced
Source: http://www.heyrick.co.uk/armwiki/Image:CPU_ARM2.jpeg - Creative Commons
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70. 1986
You’re Fired.
Image: Source Unknown
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72. 1990
ARM Ltd
Source: Wikipedia
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73. 6.1 Billion
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76. Monday, 7 May 12 76

77. 2012
Colossus Rebuild & New Gallery
Image: PJ Evans, Creative Commons
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78. The National
Museum Of
Computing
Bletchley Park
1pm - 5pm Saturdays
VISIT!
Image: Adam Bradley, Source: Wikipedia - Creative Commons
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79. Thanks!
@mrpjevans
mrpjevans.com
tnmoc.org
bletchleypark.org
Image: PJ Evans, Creative Commons
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