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Article #619603Re: computer museums, was 1947--the future of walkie-talkies
From: Peter Flass
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:14
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2018 00:14
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John Levine <jo...@taugh.com> wrote: > In article <10019e38-01f7-496b...@googlegroups.com>, > <hanc...@bbs.cpcn.com> wrote: >> On Wednesday, January 24, 2018 at 9:22:47 AM UTC-5, Peter Flass wrote: >> The only computer museum I know of is the one in California*, > > The National Museum of American History in DC, part of the > Smithsonian, has a large computer collection, better in some ways than > the computer museum. > > There's also plenty of smaller museums. One I've been to is the > InfoAge museum in Wall NJ, which has a small but interesting > collection. They're in the process of restoring the PDP-8 we used in > the RESISTORS. > > http://vcfed.org/wp/ > > Regional science museums like the one in Boston usually have computer > exhibits. The Boston one is interesting since it has stuff from the > route 128 companies. > > In the UK, there's the wonderful National Museum of Computing at > Bletchley Park, adjacent to but separate from the WW II crypto museum. > > In Germany, the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin (the one with a C-47 on > the roof) has an unusual computer collection including an > electromechanical Zuse Z-1. > > It's been a long time since I've been to the Deutsches Museum in > Munich, but their computer collection is interesting too: > > http://www.deutsches-museum.de/en/exhibitions/communication/computers/ > > R's, > John IBM used to have a museum in Böblingen, but it may not be there any more. -- Pete
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