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Opened |
Site |
Computer |
1979 Dec |
RAL |
780 |
1980 Jan |
ROE, RGO |
780, 780 (RGO transferred to CAM 90/4) |
Feb |
Cambridge, UCL |
780, 780 |
Jul |
Manchester |
780 |
1982 Mar |
Durham |
750 |
Oct |
Birmingham |
750 |
1984 Nov |
Leicester |
750 |
1985 Mar |
Jodrell Bank |
780 at MAN moved to JOD, new 750 at MAN |
1986 Apr |
St Andrews |
microVAX |
May |
Preston |
microVAX |
Sep |
Southampton |
microVAX |
1987 Feb |
Cardiff |
microVAX |
Jun |
QMC |
microVAX |
Aug |
Keele |
microVAX |
Nov |
Oxford |
microVAX |
Dec |
Armagh, Belfast |
microVAX |
1988 Feb |
Database (RAL) |
microVAX |
1989 Oct |
ICSTM |
microVAX (first DECstation at RAL) |
1990 Mar |
RAL |
split into 2 clusters: Project (PRO) and Astrophysics (RAL) |
Apr |
RGO |
closed (moved to CAM) |
May |
Sussex |
microVAX |
Sep |
Kent |
microVAX |
Oct |
Hatfield |
microVAX |
1993 Aug |
Liverpool |
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Dec |
Glasgow |
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1994 May |
MRAO |
now regarded as a separate User centre from CAM |
Oct |
Sheffield |
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1995 Oct |
Bristol |
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1997 Oct |
Leeds ? |
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