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Article #4250Re: computer museum
From: s... Scott TCB Turner
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 1990 22:06
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 1990 22:06
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The Computer Museum actually does have a punch card machine accessible, though it is a bit hard to find. And there's a machine running Logo for those who want to sit down and try a little programming; a better choice than Fortran 66 in my opinion. And not all the demos are mindless. I particularly liked the Symbolics that finds routes between any two street addresses in Boston and verbalizes the directions (with hints such as "watch for the pink building on the left"!), the machine that attempts to play harmony with you on the keyboard, and the computer drawing program. Still, it would be neat if they had a few ancient machines running. Can hardly blame them for focusing elsewhere, though. -- Scott Turner
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!aero!srt From: s...@aerospace.aero.org (Scott "TCB" Turner) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: computer museum Message-ID: <82964@aerospace.AERO.ORG> Date: 4 Sep 90 22:06:05 GMT References: <3711@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> <2201@opus.cs.mcgill.ca> <1990Aug31.160547@bert.llnl.gov> <1990Sep2.022449.17018@IRO.UMontreal.CA> Reply-To: srt@aero.UUCP (Scott "TCB" Turner) Organization: The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA Lines: 15 Posted: Tue Sep 4 23:06:05 1990 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit