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Computer History Museum Gets the Attention It Deserves

Posted by Soulskill on from the back-when-bits-were-made-out-of-wood dept.

mcpublic writes "For years the Computer History Museum has been quietly collecting and displaying the computational relics of yesteryear. Now, finally the New York Times Arts Section shines the spotlight on this most nerdy of museums. Speak Steampunk? You can find a working replica of Babbage's Difference Engine in the lobby of the museum's Mountain View, California home. Of course, the vast majority of the collection is electronic, and though 'big iron' is king, that hasn't stopped dedicated volunteers from bringing back to life pioneering 'mini' computers like the 1960 PDP-1 and the first video game software ever: Spacewar!"

5 of 53 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Bits were never made out of wood by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    And my Commodore PET never had fur. I was so disappointed :(

  2. Re:Bits were never made out of wood by msauve · · Score: 4, Funny

    You've never heard of a "wood bit?"

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  3. Others call it "boxes of junk in your work room" by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 4, Funny

    I call it, "Computer History Museum!"

    Every geek has one of these museums at home: cables with biomorph connectors, interfaces to nowhere, Ninja Star shaped floppy disks, 1K ICs, a smokey fan . . .

    You just can't part with this stuff . . . you WILL find a use for it someday . . .

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  4. Re:This is *vitally* important by turkeyfeathers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nonsense. Every single invention in computing came from Apple.

  5. Re:Berlin's Computerspielemuseum by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Make sure you get the English audio tour from the reception though, as nearly all of the texts within the museum are written in German.

    Ich spreche Deutsch, du unempfindlichen Klotz