Ask the Experts: FAQs on the Elliot 803 at Bletchley Park

The National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park houses a unique collection of computers. Our expert team have maintained, restored and rebuilt some of the most important systems in Britain's business, war-time and personal computing history.

You can't see our amazing collection during Covid-19, but you can speak to the experts who'd usually be on hand in our galleries as TNMOC is running a series of online video Q&As.

Our team are often asked questions about our collection by visitors. In this video, Peter discusses his most frequently asked question about the Elliot 803.

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Photo Credits:
"Arthur" at Goonhilly: photo Edward Webb from Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goonhilly_Satellite_Earth_Station,_Cornwall,_England-29Sept2009.jpg). Licensed by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/

Dollis Hill former GPO building: photo by David Hawgood from Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dollis_Hill,_former_Post_Office_Research_Station_-_geograph.org.uk_-_61775.jpg). Licensed by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en

Elliot 803 at Loughborough Grammar School. Photo from Howard Long. Originally from the school prospectus.