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Re: Retro Computer Museum

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Post by AStellersSeaCow » Wed, May 17, 2023, 2:51 PM UTC

kator wrote: post #55

While this looks nice, I really loved https://livingcomputers.org/ when it was alive. Sadly it's in stasis now, I was lucky enough to visit while it was still open and I ran around to all these old machines punching in code and showing my wife all the old machines I've worked on in my 40yr+ career.

Came here to post about LCM too, amazing place.

Sadly "in stasis" is pretty generous. I know several people who were in that win of the Allen org and they've all said that Jody Allen viewed it as a waste of time and money and was delighted at the opportunity to close it and never reopen courtesy of the pandemic.

Re: Retro Computer Museum

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Post by bombolo » Wed, May 17, 2023, 2:52 PM UTC

There is this one in italy: https://museo.freaknet.org/it/

Re: Retro Computer Museum

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Post by nickt » Wed, May 17, 2023, 3:03 PM UTC

Looks like a decent list of places is developing in this this thread.

If you like a bit of retro computing, checkout the http://retro.directory/ lots of places - museums, arcades and events, etc.

Re: Retro Computer Museum

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Post by v37p » Wed, May 17, 2023, 3:04 PM UTC

oldnetguy wrote: post #47

Computer 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/

American Computer and Robotics Museum in Bozeman, MT USA https://acrmuseum.org/

Re: Retro Computer Museum

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Post by nickt » Wed, May 17, 2023, 3:06 PM UTC

simmons wrote: post #60

oldnetguy wrote: post #47

Computer 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/

Media Archaeology Lab in Boulder, CO USA https://www.mediaarchaeologylab.com/

Thank you, that one’s local and I had no idea about it.

Re: Retro Computer Museum

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Post by JdeBP » Wed, May 17, 2023, 3:15 PM UTC

mrjh wrote: post #23

A 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'.

All of the recent fuss about Welsh placenames only serves to highlight that places in England, in contrast, are usually named in languages that no-one speaks any more. At least Welsh is still spoken.

Latin gives us, via Old English, the "-cester" in all of the placenames mentioned elsethread, as well as "-chester" and "-caster". Old English gives us all of the "ton"s, "hamp"s, and whatnot. The "win-" in "Winchester" is Celtic, as are the "dor-" in "Dorchester" and the "man-" in "Manchester". The "lei-" in "Leicester" means an unploughed meadow, a.k.a. a lay or lea.

* https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lay#Etymology_6

When one isn't a native Latin or Old English or Celtic speaker and cannot even understand placenames in England, it does seem a little silly, and missing a huge elephant in the room, to be worrying about Welsh placenames. (-:

This is why the names don't follow Modern English pronunciation rules. They aren't actually Modern English.

Re: Retro Computer Museum

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Post by pigcat » Wed, May 17, 2023, 3:17 PM UTC

My dad recently donated an old ITT2020 he bought 45 years ago in Hong Kong to this one in Germany: http://blog.computeum.de/blog/

Re: Retro Computer Museum

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Post by kator » Wed, May 17, 2023, 3:22 PM UTC

AStellersSeaCow wrote: post #61

kator wrote: post #55

While this looks nice, I really loved https://livingcomputers.org/ when it was alive. Sadly it's in stasis now, I was lucky enough to visit while it was still open and I ran around to all these old machines punching in code and showing my wife all the old machines I've worked on in my 40yr+ career.

Came here to post about LCM too, amazing place. Sadly "in stasis" is pretty generous. I know several people who were in that win of the Allen org and they've all said that Jody Allen viewed it as a waste of time and money and was delighted at the opportunity to close it and never reopen courtesy of the pandemic.

I would gladly donate on a monthly basis to a patreon or something to keep it going. Wonder what the monthly costs were to operate it.

Re: Retro Computer Museum

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Post by accrual » Wed, May 17, 2023, 3:23 PM UTC

If you're in Georgia, USA, the Computer Museum of America is an excellent museum. I had a blast visiting and would love to go back. Lots of high quality exhibits and they're always rotating.

https://www.computermuseumofamerica.org

Re: Retro Computer Museum

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Post by mjhay » Wed, May 17, 2023, 3:24 PM UTC

AStellersSeaCow wrote: post #61

kator wrote: post #55

While this looks nice, I really loved https://livingcomputers.org/ when it was alive. Sadly it's in stasis now, I was lucky enough to visit while it was still open and I ran around to all these old machines punching in code and showing my wife all the old machines I've worked on in my 40yr+ career.

Came here to post about LCM too, amazing place. Sadly "in stasis" is pretty generous. I know several people who were in that win of the Allen org and they've all said that Jody Allen viewed it as a waste of time and money and was delighted at the opportunity to close it and never reopen courtesy of the pandemic.

It's sad. The LCM was magical. It's weird Jody Allen couldn't have just shoved off the LCM onto some other staffers or something if she was bored of it.