For those on the other side of the atlantic: Computer History Museum.

[D]

And for those on the other side of the Atlantic, I can recommend this one:

https://computerhistory.org/

Enjoy if you do get the chance!

[Scott Lurndal]

Post by D
https://computerhistory.org/

And it's in a former SGI building! Check out the replica ABC computer
while you're there, or the working 1401.

[Kurt Weiske]

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Post by D
https://computerhistory.org/

sc> And it's in a former SGI building! Check out the replica ABC computer
sc> while you're there, or the working 1401.

I live not too far from there, it's definitely worth doing the docent
tour. Speaking to a docent who, in our case, worked in the valley in the
1970s was eye-opening to me and my son. He had lots of tales of his
times not just in the industry, but Silicon Valley in its infancy.

The 1401 is exciting to see - I went during the Vintage Computer
festival onsite, and they fired it up and ran a couple of jobs through
it. My son was amazed at how many people it took to run.

They asked for volunteers. The support team, which all seemed to be IBM
customers or field circus engineers back in the day had brought the
system back from a garage. They were hoping to get some kids to
volunteer some time to learn how the systems work and what needs to be
done to maintain them. What a wonderful opportunity to learn from a
generation that built the foundation of what we have now!

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[Scott Lurndal]

Post by Kurt Weiske
To: scott
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Post by D
https://computerhistory.org/

sc> And it's in a former SGI building! Check out the replica ABC computer
sc> while you're there, or the working 1401.
I live not too far from there, it's definitely worth doing the docent
tour. Speaking to a docent who, in our case, worked in the valley in the
1970s was eye-opening to me and my son. He had lots of tales of his
times not just in the industry, but Silicon Valley in its infancy.
The 1401 is exciting to see - I went during the Vintage Computer
festival onsite, and they fired it up and ran a couple of jobs through
it. My son was amazed at how many people it took to run.

That may have been the same VCF I was at. I dropped off a couple
of NCD X-terminals at the swap meet.

[Joe Makowiec]

Post by Scott Lurndal

Post by D
https://computerhistory.org/

And it's in a former SGI building! Check out the replica ABC
computer while you're there, or the working 1401.

Late to the game, but it's about 6 miles from the HP garage.

[D]

Post by Joe Makowiec

Post by Scott Lurndal

Post by D
https://computerhistory.org/

And it's in a former SGI building! Check out the replica ABC
computer while you're there, or the working 1401.

Late to the game, but it's about 6 miles from the HP garage.

What a shame I didn't know! I would definitely have walked over there for
a photo or two. =(

[John Levine]

Post by D
https://computerhistory.org/
Enjoy if you do get the chance!

It's a pretty good museum, but where I live, it's not that much close than Bletchley.