11 Mar
2016
11 Mar
'16
12:40 p.m.
That being said, I agree with including early PC era machines, but only up to the advent of PCI 1.0 (~1992), and even then, mainly to show the evolution of the bus architecture. After that, there is little point in showcasing technology that is commodity and barely changed from contemporary machines.
We're planning to show one 386 in the new museum, because young people need to learn about Windows 3.1. Sure we all laugh about it now, but 3.1 was a HUGE part of computer history.