The Reading Digital Revolution

The Reading Digital Revolution - 60th Anniversary Celebration of Digital UK in Reading, England

DEXODUS, the ex-DEC club of the UK, are active (still over 1000 members) and working on an incredible project! They have created a series of museum exhibits to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Reading, England facility, which seeded the area's own "Silicon Valley." Exhibits open on 15 March and extend through 6 December 2025 with a special celebration on May 3. Partners in this effort included the Reading Museum, the UK National Museum of Computing, the British Computer Society, and the Reading University Computer department.

Here are links to existing exhibits and plans for the entire series of events, courtesy of Sandy MacKenzie from DEXODUS.

A bigger exhibition (than the photo) opened last year will be moved from National Museum of Computing in Bletchley to Reading.

Reading Museum is staging a major exhibition this year to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Digital Equipment arriving in the town. (See https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk/reading’s-digital-revolution for more information). This will be opening in March and Dexodus is planning to hold a reception in the Town Hall, alongside the museum, on Saturday May 3rd from 6-10pm. This will be open to all ex-DEC employees, whether they are members of Dexodus or not, and they may also bring a partner along with them.

LINK TO The National Museum of Computing DEC Exhibition

Jacqui Garrad, Director of The National Museum of Computing, with Sandy Mackenzie, opening exhibit in July.
Sandy Mackenzie took this photo of a 64GB and 128GB disc in the Museum.