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  1. It's sad that none of it works by Animats · · Score: 5, Insightful · on Big, Beautiful Boxes From Computer History

    The sad thing about the Computer Museum is that almost nothing there works. The Difference Engine replica is about it, and that's entirely mechanical. Some people tried to restore an IBM 1620 back in 1999, but they never got it working.

    It's almost the last computer museum, too. The ones in Boston, San Diego, and Germany went bust. There's one still open in Bozeman, Montana. There are a few others which are just stuff in storage. That's about it.

    The history of this field disappears very fast.

  2. In Canada: Tyrell and ROM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Science, Technology, Natural History Museums?

    The Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta is awesome if you are interested in paleontology. If travelling by car from the U.S., a route that also stops at Dinosaur Provincial Park is worthwhile. For a more balanced style of natural history museum (everything from bats to dinosaurs to insects), check out the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. There's also the Ontario Science Centre, which is very cool too, especially for kids and, shall we say, adults that still think like kids.

    Oh yeah. And if traveling to Alberta from the U.S., a stop in Bozeman, Montana yields both the Museum of the Rockies and the American Computer Museum.
     

  3. In Canada: Tyrell and ROM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Science, Technology, Natural History Museums?

    The Royal Tyrell Museum in Drumheller, Alberta is awesome if you are interested in paleontology. If travelling by car from the U.S., a route that also stops at Dinosaur Provincial Park is worthwhile. For a more balanced style of natural history museum (everything from bats to dinosaurs to insects), check out the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto. There's also the Ontario Science Centre, which is very cool too, especially for kids and, shall we say, adults that still think like kids.

    Oh yeah. And if traveling to Alberta from the U.S., a stop in Bozeman, Montana yields both the Museum of the Rockies and the American Computer Museum.
     

  4. Re:Multipart Impacts by fm6 · · Score: 2, Interesting · on Ten Technologies That Refuse to Die
    Well, microcomputers appeared in the mid 70s, and by then the most common teleprinter was the Modell 33 Teletype. These were pretty much the standard console for non-IBM computers. (IBM, of course, used telecom versions of their own electric typewriters.) In fact, the Model 33 seems to have been the choice for most of the non-mainframes even before the microprocessor turned computing on its economic head.

    According to this article, the first practical teleprinter was patented in 1910.

  5. American Computer Museum by goat_attack · · Score: 1 · on Seeking Interesting Sites When Travelling the World?
    If you're ever in Bozeman, Montana, consider dropping by the American Computer museum. They have some neat artifacts like Altairs and giant IBM calculators.

    Every year they honor some pioneers in computing and electronics (Steve Wozniak has attended on two separate occasions).

    It's really worth a look if you happen to be in the area.

  6. American Computer Museum by goat_attack · · Score: 1 · on Seeking Interesting Sites When Travelling the World?
    If you're ever in Bozeman, Montana, consider dropping by the American Computer museum. They have some neat artifacts like Altairs and giant IBM calculators.

    Every year they honor some pioneers in computing and electronics (Steve Wozniak has attended on two separate occasions).

    It's really worth a look if you happen to be in the area.

  7. Re:If you're ever in Bozeman, MT... by ReidN · · Score: 2 · on The Apollo 11 Guidance Computer

    Or you can just go here and see a picture.

  8. Re:Museums by mr_gerbik · · Score: 3 · on The Last Multics System Decommissioned

    Here are links to a couple of computer museums here in the US.

    The Computer Museum of America

    Compuseum

    -gerbik