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Living Computer Museum Opens To Public In Seattle

Posted by Soulskill on from the not-to-be-confused-with-a-laundromat dept.

New submitter seawall writes "Paul Allen just opened the Living Computer Museum in Seattle. The 'Living' means many of the computers are actually running. There's a Xerox Sigma 9, which was introduced in 1971 and is quite similar to the computer that sent the first signal over Arpanet. There's also Tops-10 on original DEC hardware, an operating TOAD-1 system, and a DEC PDP-7 that's one of only four in the world."

4 of 68 comments (clear)

  1. Great.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ..some other idiot who refuses to upgrade his computers but will probably still want customer support.

  2. Museum? by mcmonkey · · Score: 3, Funny

    Doesn't the "living" part of Living Computer make it a zoo?

  3. Will they display... by e065c8515d206cb0e190 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...prehistoric devices like the Zune?

  4. Just a matter of time... by OhSoLaMeow · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... before a dialog box pops up on these systems and states that Adobe Flash Reader needs to install a Critical Update.

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