Bill, Ask Peter about emulators. Pretty sure some one at the museum did an 803 emulator, (not in SIMH) but its been a while since I saw the machine running. Dave
> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk <cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org> On Behalf Of Bill Degnan via > cctalk > Sent: 13 July 2019 21:30 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: visit to Bletchley Park / comp museum - Elliot 803 > > Hi all - Gatwick Airport was closed for many hours. Without getting into all > of > the details it became impossible to make it to the museum during my > layover. As it was everything had to be perfect. I went to London for a few > hours instead. > > My goal was to see the Elliot 803 at the computer museum in Bletchley so I > could learn more about how it worked, I found some code written for the > 802, which would work on the 803, and I thought it might be worth the > experience to see or maybe even operate the actual machine. There is no > simH that I know of for the 802/803 but I have read some attempts at it. I > realize I could not see the whole museum and would be rushed, but given I > was only in London for an extended 17-hour layover, why not try? Peter > Onion Elliott 803 Team leader was going to meet me. > > Thanks everyone for their feedback. I am going to try to visit next spring > for > a longer period so I can take my time. I also would like by then to try the > same technique I used for the LGP-30 to get that running on simH, applied to > the Elliot 803. I'd have to get my head back into that project. Complicated. > > Bill
