Computer Conservation Society

Founded| 1989
Type| Professional Organisation
Focus| History of Computing in the UK
Origins| The British Computer Society, Science Museum, MOSI

Area served

| UK and worldwide
Method| Research, Education, Restorations and Recontructions

Members

| 1,000+
Website| www.computerconservationsociety.org

The Computer Conservation Society (CCS) is a British organisation, founded in 1989. It is under the joint umbrella of the British Computer Society,[1] the London Science Museum and the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.[2][3]

## Contents

* 1 Overview
* 2 Projects
* 3 Locations
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Overview

The CCS is interested in the history of computing in general and the conservation and preservation of early British historical computers in particular.[4]

The society runs a series of monthly public lectures between September and May each year in both London and Manchester. The events are detailed on the society's website.[5]

The CCS publishes a quarterly journal, Resurrection.[6][7]

The society celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2014.[8][9]

Dr Doron Swade,[10] formerly the curator of the computing collection at the London Science Museum, was a founding committee member. The current[when?] chair of the society is Mr David Morriss. The immediate past chair was Mrs Rachel Burnett.

## Projects

The society organises a number of projects to reconstruct and maintain early computers and to conserve early software. For example:

Restorations

* Elliott 401
* Elliott 803
* Elliott 903 and 905
* DEC Systems
* Pegasus
* ICT 1301 Project
* Harwell Dekatron Computer
* Differential Analyser
* HEC 1

Reconstructions

* Colossus Rebuild
* Manchester Baby
* Bombe Rebuild
* EDSAC Replica Project[11][12]
* Babbage's Analytical Engine

Other projects

* Software preservation
* "Our Computer Heritage" website[13]
* Tony Sale Award for computer conservation and restoration[14][15]

## Locations

London Science Museum:

* Ferranti Pegasus (Not currently being displayed working)

Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester:

* Manchester Baby
* Hartree Differential Analyser

The National Museum of Computing:

* Colossus
* Harwell Dekatron or WITCH
* ICL 2966
* Elliot 803
* Elliott 905
* EDSAC Replica

Bletchley Park Trust:

* Bombe

Currently not on public display:

* ICT 1301 (Currently in storage at The National Museum of Computing)
* Elliott 401

## References

1. ↑ "Computer Conservation Society". British Computer Society. http://www.bcs.org/category/13184. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
2. ↑ "Computer Conservation Society: Aims and Objectives of the Society". Digital 60. UK: University of Manchester. http://curation.cs.manchester.ac.uk/digital60/www.digital60.org/about/computerconservation/index.html. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
3. ↑ "Computer Conservation Society". FOLDOC. http://foldoc.org/Computer Conservation Society. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
4. ↑ Johnson, Roger. "Computer Conservation Society (CCS) – Its Story and Experience". Making the History of Computing Relevant (Springer) 416: pp. 249-257. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-41650-7_22. ISBN 978-3-642-41649-1.
5. ↑ "Events". Computer Conservation Society. http://www.computerconservationsociety.org/lectures/current/lecture.htm. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
6. ↑ The CCS Journal – Resurrection, British Computer Society, http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/35062, retrieved 8 January 2018
7. ↑ Resurrection – The CCS Journal, Computer Conservation Society, http://www.computerconservationsociety.org/resurrection.htm, retrieved 8 January 2018
8. ↑ Halfacree, Gareth (15 October 2014). "Computer Conservation Society turns 25". bit-tech. https://www.bit-tech.net/news/ccs-turns-25/1/. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
9. ↑ "The British Computer Conservation Society is 25 years old". 27 October 2014. http://ajovomultja.hu/news/british-computer-conservation-society-25-years-old?language=en. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
10. ↑ Swade, Doron (20 January 2017). "Winter 2016 report to the Computer Conservation Society". Plan 28 Blog. http://blog.plan28.org/2017/01/winter-2016-report-to-computer.html. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
11. ↑ "The EDSAC Replica Project – Computer Conservation in the UK". Computer History Museum. http://www.computerhistory.org/events/video/37/. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
12. ↑ "Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Computer EDSAC Replica Project" (PDF). http://chiphack.org/talks/edsac-replica.pdf. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
13. ↑ "Our Computer Heritage". Computer Conservation Society. http://www.ourcomputerheritage.org/.
14. ↑ "CCS launches the Tony Sale Award". The National Museum of Computing. 8 May 2012. http://www.tnmoc.org/news/news-releases/ccs-launches-tony-sale-award.
15. ↑ "Tony Sale Award". Computer Conservation Society. http://www.sale-award.org/.

## External links

* CCS website
* Our Computer Heritage — a project led by the CCS

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