I love what the Living Computer Museum has done: "...we believe that the best way for people to fully understand computing systems is by experiencing them. Hardware alone cannot illustrate what it was like to use these machines. Software, information, and human interaction complete the experience... Our goal is to breathe life back into our machines so the public can experience what it was like to see them, hear them, and interact with them. We make our systems accessible by allowing people to come and interact with them, and by making them available over the Internet." I realize the tremendous challenge of demonstrating and maintaining old computer hardware (and vintage computer federation doesn't have Paul Allen's deep pockets), but has there been any discussion of possibly including at least some operational displays in the museum? Perhaps on a rotating basis?
:-) :-) obviously I've never been! looking forward to a visit! -----Original Message----- From: vcf-midatlantic [mailto:vcf-midatlantic-bounces@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org] On Behalf Of Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 8:23 PM To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> Cc: Evan Koblentz <evan@snarc.net> Subject: Re: [vcf-midatlantic] A Living Museum?
has there been any discussion of possibly including at least some operational displays in the museum?
We've been doing that since Day 1 in spring 2005.
:-) :-) obviously I've never been! looking forward to a visit!
Where do you live? Best time to visit is VCF East this spring, but you're certainly welcome to visit sooner (and help us move!) or later (when you could see the storage warehouse; that's strictly off-limits during VCF East).
On Feb 4, 2016 9:29 PM, "Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic" < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
:-) :-) obviously I've never been! looking forward to a visit!
Where do you live?
Best time to visit is VCF East this spring, but you're certainly welcome to visit sooner (and help us move!) or later (when you could see the storage warehouse; that's strictly off-limits during VCF East).
Vcfed workshops at InfoAge involve in part repairing museum hardware, such as 1541 drives, used in exhibits. Typically there are at least 5 or 6 8-bit micros running on Sundays while the museum is open. Now that we have taken care of the 1541s, what's next, Jeff?
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