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The article provides information about several congresses related to computing system, which include the 50th anniversary of the PC-1 parametron computer's birth that was held on March 26, 2008 at the Internet Initiative Japan Inc., the exhibit of 1950s computer at the Osaka University's Museum of Science and Technology in August 2007, and the series of workshops offered by the Software for Europe project that happened on January 21-24, 2008.

Information about several papers discussed at the 55th annual meeting of the History of Science Society of Japan on the history of Japanese computing from May 24-25, 2008 is presented. Topics include the development of Kyoto Daigaku Digital Computer I (KDC-I), the role of physicist Eiichi Goto in Japanese computing, and the research strategies of the Electrical Technology Laboratory (ETL). The symposium featured several historians including Chigusa Kita, Shunshi Koyama and Takushi Otani.

Highlights several events in the computer industry as of 2001. Details on the computing history exhibitions at the National Science Museum in Tokyo, Japan; Installation of the Ferranti Pegasus in the Computing Gallery of the Science Museum in London, England; Overview of the symposium held at the Konrad Zuse Center for Information Technology in Berlin, East Germany in May 2001 to inaugurate the rebuilding of Zuse's Z3 relay computer.

This Events & Sightings installment covers a range of recent events focusing on the history of computing. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]