ARCHAEOLOGY DATA SERVICE
- KING'S MANOR
YO1 7EP YORK, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Phone: +44 (0)1904 433954
Fax: +44 (0)1904 433939
E-mail: Send messageads.ahds.ac.uk
Short profile:
The Archaeology Data Service (ADS) supports research, learning and teaching with high quality and dependable digital resources. It does this by preserving digital data in the long term, and by promoting and disseminating a broad range of data in archaeology. The ADS promotes good practice in the use of digital data in archaeology, it provides technical advice to the research community, and supports the deployment of digital technologies.
Detailed description:
The ADS has a policy of collecting early computer platforms (hardware and software) that may have been used by people and organisations concerned with the Historic Environment. The generousness of this community; academic, professional and the general public, has seen numbers of computers, peripherals and software packages donated to the ADS 'Museum of Archaeological Computing'.
The Museum is not intended as a static exhibition only but as a tool to facilitate data recovery where this is on now defunct media which is also operating system dependent in many cases. The following table lists computers and associated equipment donated to or acquired by the ADS. It is intend to produce a similar list of software. The museum is available for use by our community.
The ADS is still actively seeking platforms and is particularly interested in acquiring a working Apricot. Please contact us if you think you can help.
Keywords:
Archaeology, Service, research, learning, teaching, digital resources, digital data, Computer Museum, Acquisitions Register, computer platforms, hardware, software, Historic Environment, academic, professional, computers, peripherals, software packages, Museum, exhibition