It’s so great to see the many places listed here. It compels me to mention The Museum of Arts and Digital Entertainment, based in Oakland CA, in case any Bay Area folks are interested in such places: https://www.themade.org/
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#42A bit tangential, but 'Leicester' is one of those wonderful British place-names that doesn't really follow any English pronunciation rules and you just have to know the right one... In this case 'Leicester' is pronounced 'Lester'.
Bournemouth Worchester Southwark ...
Marylebone...
Mornington Crescent!
(No pronunciation trickery on that last one, it is just the name of an absurdist parlor game)
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#43If you're in the UK, see also https://www.tnmoc.org/ https://this-museum-is-not-obsolete.com/ https://www.themicromuseum.org/
There's also the Museum of Computing in Swindon. https://www.museumofcomputing.org.uk/ I wouldn't recommend going out of your way to visit it, but if you find yourself in Swindon for some reason, then it's worth a peep.
"when a man is tired of Swindon, he is tired of life"
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#44A bit tangential, but 'Leicester' is one of those wonderful British place-names that doesn't really follow any English pronunciation rules and you just have to know the right one... In this case 'Leicester' is pronounced 'Lester'.
We've got a Leicester here in Massachusetts which is also pronounced 'Lester'. It is just West of Worcester, which is pronounced 'Wuster'. But they become 'Lestah' and 'Wustah' with a Boston accent.
True to their namesakes then; Leicester is pronouned by the locals as 'Lestah' or 'Lestoh'.
Re: Retro Computer Museum
#45A bit tangential, but 'Leicester' is one of those wonderful British place-names that doesn't really follow any English pronunciation rules and you just have to know the right one... In this case 'Leicester' is pronounced 'Lester'.
Bournemouth Worchester Southwark ...
...Happisburgh
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#46There is a nice one in Cambridge as well https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/
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#47Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA USA https://computerhistory.org
Kennett Classic in Kennett Square, PA USA https://www.kennettclassic.com
Large Scale Systems Museum in New Kensington, PA USA https://www.mact.io
System Source Computer Museum in Hunt Valley, MD USA https://museum.syssrc.com/
Vintage Computer Federation Museum at Infoage in Wall NJ USA https://vcfed.org/museum-info/
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#48Near my hometown in NL there’s a similar place, the Home Computer Museum and just like the one on Leicester they turn the computers on with games and BASIC and foxpro and protracker running and it’s just a delight. The collection is huge , I was pretty impressed. Went there with my kids the other day and it was just great. Worth a detour! https://www.homecomputermuseum.nl/en/
Absolutely fantastic place that I also recommend to anybody interested.
So nice that the machines are out, powered on and ready to be tinkered with. Sit down and relive the old days by hammering out some 6502 assembly or something :)
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#49If you're in the UK, see also https://www.tnmoc.org/ https://this-museum-is-not-obsolete.com/ https://www.themicromuseum.org/
As well as: https://www.derbycomputermuseum.co.uk/
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#50A bit tangential, but 'Leicester' is one of those wonderful British place-names that doesn't really follow any English pronunciation rules and you just have to know the right one... In this case 'Leicester' is pronounced 'Lester'.
Gloucester
Southwark (pronounced sutherk)
Warwick (pronounced wo-rik)