Foreword by Doron Swade
How Britain has led the way
Impact on leisure
Impact on work
Women and Computing
Hardware developments
Software developments
Significant Individuals
Why we conserve older computer systems
Colossus
WITCH
IBM 1130
Elliott 803
Elliott 903
ICL Mainframe
PDP-8
BBC Domesday system
ACORN computers
Home computers
Manchester 'Baby' Computer
A world of computers
How to build a computer
Code breaking
Smaller and faster
Who and how many?
Computers and Music
Computers and Art
Computers and Shopping
Computers and Medicine
Control and Data Logging
Computer automation
Computer gaming
Getting connected
Further Teaching Activities
Inside a computer system
Data flow
Inputs and outputs
Process
Storage
Interaction
How computers add
Rules of Logic
Types of logic gates
Inside the Computer
The Human CPU
How do computers represent text
Internet and email
Back to Top Back to Top
Introduction
Input
Programming
Programming Part 2
Output
Component Parts
Starting up Colossus
Colossus output display
Glass valve
Processor on Colossus
The Colossus power supply
Output to paper via a teleprinter
Reconstructed in 1994 by Tony Sale
Starting the WITCH
Input 1
Input 2 and programming
Input 3 and operating system
Processing 1 Relays and ALU
Processing 2 Reliability
Storage 1 RAM and counters
Storage 2 RAM expansion
World's oldest original computer
Why the computer was needed
Front of the WITCH computer
Back of the WITCH computer
The handheld calculator replaced
Computer back panel wiring
Computer output - a teleprinter
Computer power supply
Computer system wiring
Display and control panel
Input tape reader number
Relay switches
Relays and Counters
Relays and counters
Relay covers for protection
Input 1 Punch card reader
Input 2 Punch card
Processing
Storage Part 1
Storage Part 2
Data punch card
Control panel
Data input via QWERTY keyboard
Data punch card reader
Input console and central processing unit
Output - Printer
Punch card programmer
Storage disk
Introduction Part 1
Introduction Part 2
Storage Core Store
Input and Output
Transistors
Control buttons
Storage tape
Impact on Work
Magnetic core store was used to store data
Metal transistors replaced glass valves
Tape reader inputs data to the computer
Operating system Part 1
Operating system Part 2
Data input by QWERTY keyboard or data tape
Input tape reader
Tape input reader
Smaller transistors reducing the system size
Input Terminals
Storage Single Disc
Cable and International Cloud Computing
Data input from punch card
Storage unit to hold spinning disk drives
Data storage disk
A damaged data storage disk
The birth of the personal computer
The PDP8 Personel Computer
BBC Domesday
Laserdisc
Laserdisc 2
BBC doomsday preservation
BBC
A3000
Arm processor
A3000 and birth of GUI
A BBC Computer with Colour CRT display
Acorn RISC Operating System
Possiible to upgrade with an external processor
Mobile technology old and new
The Acorn ARM chip
BBC Computer display used CRT technology
Built to withstand demands of a school environment
Personal computers in the home
An early IBM compatible computer
Commodore 64 home computer
Inside a BBC Computer
Sinclair ZX Spectrum and tape machine
The Acorn 3010 computer
The Amiga home computer
The Atari 400 home gaming computer
The Mini Macintosh SE computer
The Newbrain home computer
History of Computing
Presentation
Teacher Notes
Activity
ICL Introduction
WITCH Input 1
Worksheet
Colossus Introduction
Colossus Input
Colossus Programming part 1
Colossus Programming part 2
Select Committee Report
Government Response/p>
UK Statistics
Steve Levine Part 1
Steve Levine Part 2
Activity - Build a Stylus
Build a Stylus (Illustrated)
WITCH Why the computer was needed
IBM 1130 Introduction
History of Video Games 1
History of Video Games 2
WITCH - World's oldest original computer
WITCH - What it did and why
Lesson Plan
Data Flow
Date Flow Diagram
WITCH - Input
WITCH - Processing the input
ICL Mainframe 2966 - Input Terminals
Colossus - Input
Colossus - Output
Elliott 903 - Input
Elliott 803 - Input & Output
IBM 1130 - Punch Card
IBM 1130 - Punch Card Reader
IBM 1130 - Output
WITCH - Processing Reliability
IBM 1130 - Processing
Acorn - Arm Processing
Homework
WITCH - Storage RAM and counters
WITCH - Storage RAM expansion
ICL Mainframe 2966 - Storage
ICL Mainframe 2966 - Storage Single Disc
Elliott 903 - Storage
Elliott 803 - Storage
IBM 1130 - Storage 1
IBM 1130 - Storage 2
A3000 and the birth of the GUI
Elliott 903 Operating System Part 1
Elliott 903 Operating System Part 2
Activity Sheet
How can a computer represent numbers?
How to count in binary - explanation
How to count in binary - demonstration
Answer Sheet
1's and 0's
Simplifying logic into algebra
Logic Gates
Half adders
Full adders
Components of a computer
What is the Stored program concept?
What is RAM?
How does a CPU work?
Labels to print
Part 1 - ASCII Code
Part 2 - Hexadecimal
ASCII Challenge
ASCII Challenge Answers
How the internet works
The Packet Switching Game
The email game summary
EmailPackets
EmailPackets (From Video)
IP Labels
curriculum mapping document