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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."

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  1. it better be a free museum by Spy+Handler · · Score: 2, Insightful

    otherwise it's gonna be like, totally empty.

  2. Re:IT job from hell? by Sparticus789 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Good, because I would LOVE to be the IT guy who gets to fix these computers. You have to know your roots!

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    sudo make me a sandwich