By Nick Heath, 16 February 2009 11:45
The two large radar displays, seen here, give the machines their nickname of 'the big green-eyed monster'.
The displays can be viewed for the first time by the public at TNMOC, replaying historical recordings of flights in and out of London's Heathrow Airport.
"We first saw the Iris working at West Drayton in 2001 and we immediately knew that we wanted the decommissioned technology as a working exhibit in the museum," said Murrell in a statement.
"Iris finally came out of service in early 2008 and it's been a major task to rebuild it but volunteers Ben Trethowan and Peter Vaughan have succeeded in sparking it into life."
Photo credit: The National Museum of Computing
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