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| Author: | BigEd [ Mon Oct 16, 2017 9:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | BESM and CDC 6600 in London's Science Museum |
This walkaround experience of the Science Museum might be of interest: I've started you off in front of the Soviet BESM machine - round the back of it is a CDC 6600. There's a bunch of micros in a display to your left, and the Pilot ACE just beyond that. Beyond the CDC 6600, between a Xerox Alto and a MITS Altair is Englebart's mouse. Lots more too, of course. https://goo.gl/maps/T9kyL6PzuY92 |
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| Author: | Tor [ Tue Oct 17, 2017 6:25 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BESM and CDC 6600 in London's Science Museum |
Very interesting! Do you know if there's a list of exhibitions? |
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| Author: | BigEd [ Tue Oct 17, 2017 6:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BESM and CDC 6600 in London's Science Museum |
Their website leaves something to be desired, but there's a list of exhibits in the Information Age Gallery here: https://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk ... ery%3A-web And there's some level of object catalogue search here: http://collection.sciencemuseum.org.uk/ ... -mainframe (As with all serious museums, the things on display are a small fraction of the things they have, and they do periodically shuffle things around.) Possibly this list of blog posts will help navigate their temporary and permanent exhibitions: https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/category/exhibitions/ |
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| Author: | Tor [ Tue Oct 17, 2017 7:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BESM and CDC 6600 in London's Science Museum |
Thanks Ed. The exhibited items seem to be quite a mix of random new and old.. but interesting still. |
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| Author: | BigEd [ Tue Oct 17, 2017 4:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: BESM and CDC 6600 in London's Science Museum |
It is quite a mix. I quite liked the layout and exhibit choices before this refit. The answer perhaps is to visit every 7 years or so and see what's new! (Or what's old.) |
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