Computer History Museum Launches Digital Portal to Its Collection

I'm a fan of CHM. That said there collections have (understandably) a rather Silicon-Valley-legacy-centric view of, erm, computer history. You'll find little mention, for example, of these tantalizing early mentions of alternative computer architectures (with pictures!) in NSA's predecessor OP-20-G, as posed alongside the then-nascent von Neumann architecture (also covered).

https://www.governmentattic.org/8docs/NSA-WasntAllMagic_2002...

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Post by davidmurphy » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 8:50 PM UTC

CHM employee here. Always great to see CHM on HN. Glad folks are excited about this -- as are we! There's so much cool stuff in the Collection.

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Post by runamuck » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 9:14 PM UTC

Ooh check out the Discovery wall! I see a Furby, a Power Glove (call AVGN) and a Ninja Turtles NES Game: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/discovery

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Post by hoofedear » Wed, Jan 28, 2026, 9:19 PM UTC

This is really awesome. The CHM is one of my favorite places in the world. I had applied for a web developer position there not too long ago, great to see them expand things online like this