At Newcastle University we have a collection of computing artefacts
dating back to the Ferranti Pegasus in 1957,
and the English Electric KDF9 (1963-1974).
But most date from 1967 when an IBM System 360 Model 67 Computer was installed at the university.
Others are from the IBM System 370/168 (1975)
and last the Amdahl 5860 (1985 - 1992).
Because there are a lot of photographs the modus operandi
is to present thumbnail size photos which when clicked on presents
a better size photograph, 600 pixel wide, and descriptive text.
Sometimes clicking on the 600 pixel photograph produces a fullsize one.
The fullsize photograph is typically 2500 pixels wide and will be bigger
than your screen, so you will have to view it using the scroll bars.
To escape from a fullsize view use the web browser Back button.
We have six showcases on view at the moment:
| Firmware - The programming between software and hardware. |
| Core Storage - Random Access Memory before chips. |
| I/O Media - Input to, and output from computers before keyboards and screens. |
| DASD - Direct Access Storage Devices, now known as Hard Drives. |
| Floppy Disks - Floppy disks were removeable disk drives. |
| Circuitry - Now known as mother boards and graphics cards. |
| Magnetic Tape - A storage media that predated disk storage. |
| Network Diagrams - These paper documents have survived. |
Please report broken links, corrections, errors, additional information to
roger.broughton@ncl.ac.uk.
Sometime we would like to find a safe haven for the collection.