IFIP TC6 Open Digital Library

HC 2013: London, UK

Making the History of Computing Relevant - IFIP WG 9.7 International Conference, HC 2013, London, UK, June 17-18, 2013, Revised Selected Papers

Arthur Tatnall, Tilly Blyth, Roger Johnson

Springer, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology 416, ISBN: 978-3-642-41649-1



Contents

The Importance of Storytelling in Museums

Exhibiting the Online World: A Case Study.

Marc Weber

 3-24

Narratives in the History of Computing: Constructing the Information Age Gallery at the Science Museum.

Tilly Blyth

 25-34

Making History Relevant through the Provision of Education, Stories and Interactive Experiences.

Arthur Tatnall, Bill Davey

 35-44

Spotlight on Some Key Collections and Their Future Plans

The Heinz Nixdorf Museums Forum, Central Venue for the "History of Computing".

Norbert Ryska, Jochen Viehoff

 47-52

The Computers' Collection at the Polytechnic Museum.

Marina Smolevitskaya

 53-63

Thoughts on Expanding the Audience for Computing History

Making History Relevant: The Case of Computing.

Gauthier van den Hove

 67-78

"The Internet: A Belgian Story?" The Mundaneum - Creating a New Forum to Debate the Internet Issue in the French-Speaking Part of Belgium.

Delphine Jenart

 79-85

Spotlight on Some Research Projects

The Konrad Zuse Internet Archive Project.

Julian Röder, Raúl Rojas, Hai Nguyen

 89-95

Discovery of Two Historical Computers in Switzerland: Zuse Machine M9 and Contraves Cora and Discovery of Unknown Documents on the Early History of Computing at the ETH Archives.

Herbert E. Bruderer

 96-104

The Relevance of Computing Research History - The Monads-PC: A Case Study.

A. Barbara Ainsworth, Chris Avram, Judy Sheard

 105-117

Integrating History with Computer Science Education

Using Old Computers for Teaching Computer Science.

Giovanni A. Cignoni, Fabio Gadducci

 121-131

Computing: Is There a Future in the Past?

Chris Monk

 132-134

Bringing Relevance to Computing Courses through History.

John Impagliazzo, Mohammed Samaka

 135-143

Using Events from the Past to Inform the Future.

Martha E. Crosby

 144-148

The Impact of the Microprocessor.

Anthony C. Davies

 149-160

Putting the History of Computing into Different Contexts

The Voice in the Machine: Oral History and Making the Computer Relevant.

Thomas Lean

 163-172

Telling the Long and Beautiful (Hi)Story of Automation!

Marie d'Udekem-Gevers

 173-195

Competing Histories of Technology: Recognizing the Vital Role of International Scientific Communities behind the Innovation of the Internet.

Christopher Leslie

 196-206

History of Computer Science as an Instrument of Enlightenment.

Yakov I. Fet

 207-212

Celebrating Nostalgia for Games - And Its Potential as Trojan Horse

The Popular Memory Archive: Collecting and Exhibiting Player Culture from the 1980s.

Helen Stuckey, Melanie Swalwell, Angela Ndalianis

 215-225

The Introduction of Computer and Video Games in Museums - Experiences and Possibilities.

Tiia Naskali, Jaakko Suominen, Petri Saarikoski

 226-245

The Importance and Challenges of Working Installations

Computer Conservation Society (CCS) - Its Story and Experience.

Roger Johnson

 249-257

Museums - What They Can and Should Be Doing.

Charles H. Lindsey

 258-265

History, Nostalgia and Software.

David Holdsworth

 266-273

The Teenage "Baby" on Show.

Christopher P. Burton

 274-284

Reconstruction Stories

Reconstruction of Konrad Zuse's Z3.

Horst Zuse

 287-296

EDSAC Replica Project.

Andrew Herbert, David Hartley

 297-308

The Harwell Dekatron Computer.

Kevin Murrell

 309-313

Capturing, Restoring, and Presenting, the Independent Radar Investigation System (IRIS).

Benjamin Trethowan

 314-319