Article 1776 of alt.sys.pdp10: Path: nntp1.best.com!news1.best.com!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!news-e2a.gnn.com!newstf01.news.aol.com!newsbf02.news.aol.com!not-for-mail From: bitenbyte@aol.com (Bitenbyte) Newsgroups: alt.sys.pdp10,alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: The Computer Museum (long) Date: 12 Mar 1996 18:42:40 -0500 Organization: America Online, Inc. (1-800-827-6364) Lines: 80 Sender: root@newsbf02.news.aol.com Message-ID: <4i525g$t0a@newsbf02.news.aol.com> References: Reply-To: bitenbyte@aol.com (Bitenbyte) NNTP-Posting-Host: newsbf02.mail.aol.com Xref: nntp1.best.com alt.sys.pdp10:1776 alt.folklore.computers:55198 Dear Computer History Enthusiasts: I would like to introduce our museum to you. The American Computer Museum was founded in 1990 as a non-profit corporation with the IRS and the state of Montana. The original exhibit space was 300 square feet. Today, it is 6,000 square feet. Our goal is to develop a major computer technology museum with about 30,000 square feet of exhibit space within the next 5 years. We have in the past two months established a library with thousands of magzines, books, manuals, etc. We hope to have the library open to researchers within the next year or so. We have thousands of visitors yearly from over 30 countries and all 50 U.S. states. We are located 90 miles north of Yellowstone Park and about a mile from the Museum of the Rockies (internationally known for its dinosaur fossils, Jack Horner, paleontologist, etc. in Bozeman). The Exhibits & Collection: We believe in artifact based displays with interactive enhancements as budgets permit to highlight the history of computing and computers over a 4,000 year span. The displays include dozens of typewriters, mechanical adding machines, slide rules , hand-held mechanical calculators, relay based tabulators (example: IBM 409), vacuum tube calculators (ex.: IBM 604), early transistor machines (ex.: IBM 1620), other mainframes machines (ex.: IBM 360, System 3, etc.), analog computers, desktop minis (ex.:PDP-8, PDP-8/l, etc.), microcomputers (ex.: Altair, IMSAI, PET, SOL, APPLE II, III, Lisa, MAC, KIM, SYM, etc.), electromechanical/electronic calculators (ex.: Friden, SCM, Monroe, Mathatron, Anita, Wang, etc.), toy collection (ex.: mechanical, electrical and electronic toys: Consul the Educated Monkey, 1918 to Pong, 1970s, etc.), a working industrial robot, an Apollo Guidance Computer on loan from the Smithsonian, and many other diplays covering topics such as computer memory (ex.: Selectron Tube, core panels, delay lines, etc.), history of electronics, etc. Computer Pioneer Timeline: We have a constantly expanding hall of fame in the form of a timeline honoring the key players in the history of the computer. We begin with Pascal and work our way to the present. Where possible, actual autographed items from these pioneers & their technologies are on display (ex.: Stibitz (copy of Model K, built by him, schematics, etc.), Atanasoff, Felker, Kilby, Hoff, Faggin, etc...). The American Computer Museum won the 1994 Dibner Award and has been written about in the New Yorker Magazine, the New York Times, PC Week, USA Today, etc. I invite you to visit our museum. As we like to say, you can combine bears and bits on your trip (Yellowstone and the museum). All who visit have an opportunity to have a personal tour of the museum. If you find yourself traveling, we are only one jet plane away from Minneapolis, Denver or Seattle. Or if you are driving, you can visit the Computer Museum in Boston and our museum, both but a few blocks away from the same interstate 90. Museum Hours: September-May: 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays. June-August: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm 7 days a week Admission: Adults $3.00, children 6 to 12 $2.00, special group rates available. If I can be of assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me! Sincerely, George Keremedjiev (BITENBYTE@AOL.COM) Director American Computer Museum, Ltd. (WWW.COMPUSTORY.COM) 234 East Babcock Street, Bozeman, MT 59715 Tel: (406) 587-7545