Digitisation Progress – Tony Pritchett eBook

A socially distanced party on a Friday night in 2021. Guests include a 4 track reel of music (c. 1969) and a Stellaphone ST458 (c. 1963).

025 > Conversation at a Party

Digitisation Progress / Filmmaking / Thank you

Track 1:The ‘Tony Pritchett Project' is sparking off lots of dialogues involving people and Tony's work.Recently, I had a nice chat with Keith and Dave.Track 2:Thank you Keith and Dave…

I am incredibly proud that The Computer Arts Society are working with me on the eBook. Together, I believe we can build something truly extraordinary - and fun!

024 > The Computer Arts Society

Digitisation Progress / Thank you

The Computer Arts Society was created in 1968 by Alan Sutcliffe, George Mallen and John Lansdown. Tony was one of their earliest members. I Will be going into more detail about…

Lockdown hardware/software project extraordinaire: A mechanical punchcard reader!

022 > Punchcard Reader Build

Digitisation Progress / Domestic Archeology / Thank you

Inspired by the recent RAL lecture, retired IBM customer engineer David Nicholls is building a mechanical punchcard reader. Thank you so much David! “This is great news, not only for…

A photo of Terry Froggatt's Elliot 903. In 1963, Tony learned to program using an Elliot 803. Tony: “I suddenly found something I could do! I thought, wow, this is wonderful. It felt natural to me.”

021 > Terry Froggatt & Elliott’s

Digitisation Progress / Domestic Archeology / Thank you

Recently, two of my biggest eBook related problems were solved in one fell swoop by Terry Froggatt and his Elliott 903.Problem One: Elliott Automation History Gaps:I have some great audio…