ZDNet UK's National Museum of Computing awayday
Summary: The editorial team took to the road on Thursday, to test our readiness for remote working and explore The National Museum Of Computing
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Elliott 803 console
Here is the Elliott 803's console, where instructions could be entered and the machine started, stopped and stepped: uniquely, a loudspeaker connected to a bit in the currently executing instruction allowed the operator to judge the status of a running program by ear. This feature has been exploited by composer Matthew Applegate (Pixelh8). Stay tuned for more on the Elliott 803.
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