Author: Adam Bradley

Adam is multi-talented engineer who's been involved in the computer history field for over a decade at The National Museum of Computing. Adam wears many hats, but he's primarily a Railway Engineer day to day, and when he's not playing with trains or computers he's probably to be found designing and building something vehicle related.

Nuremberg Site Visit 2 – Resolutions and Preparations

Adam Bradley / May 13, 2019

Following our last visit we had realised a number of things: We needed to remove the front door We needed to construct a ramp capable of taking the weight of the machine and peripherals We needed to secure the building again We needed to un-cable the machine and eventually recover the cables from under the floor We decided the best way to tackle this was to fill a van with tools in the UK and drive to Nuremberg, stopping at our favourite shop (Bauhaus) on the way to acquire the wood which we would use to construct the ramp and secure the building. As such, we set about trying to find a van to hire. On a bank holiday weekend. As a 24 year old.…

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Nuremberg Site Visit 1 – Intended collection day and problems encountered

Adam Bradley / May 2, 2019

So, if you’ve read the acquisition story then you already know how we came to own (at this point) an IBM 360 and a bunch of peripherals. If you haven’t read that already, I throughly suggest you go and check that out first! You can read that story here. So, the auction was won. The auction house (Auktionshaus Weidler) was contacted, flights, hotels, car rental and a truck with a tail lift were booked. Storage was organised. A few days later Adam was on a plane out of Stansted to Nuremberg ready to go and review the machines location, pick up a truck the next day, collect Chris and John (Chris’s dad) from Nuremberg airport and make the big move. Let’s just say it didn’t…

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