- Source: System Source Computer Museum
The System Source Computer Museum, located in Hunt Valley, Maryland, USA, exhibits notable computing devices from ancient times until the present. Over 5,000 objects are on display and many of the computation devices are operational. STEM activities are offered to organized tour groups. Admission is $15 for adults, $10 for students, children, veterans, and first responders. The museum is open weekdays from 9:00am until 6:00pm by appointment. Museum docents are available to lead tours. The National Electronics Museum is in the same building admission provides access to both museums.
History
The museum's origins date to 1981 when a Baltimore ComputerLand franchise had computers in inventory that instantly became historic artifacts with the introduction of the IBM Personal Computer.
The museum was incorporated as a non-profit 501(c)(3) in 2018 as the Maryland Technology Museum with the trade name the System Source Computer Museum. In 2021, the museum became the new home of the DigiBarn Computer Museum.
Exhibits
Apples: Apple 1, Apple II, Apple ///, Apple Lisa and most other Apple products
Control Data Corporation: CDC_160_series
Cray computers: Cray-1, Cray-2, Cray T90
DEC computers: PDP-5, PDP-8, LINC PDP-12, VAX
Computer memory: Delay-line memory Magnetic-core memory
Kenbak-1: Kenbak-1
Pre-industrial computers: Abacus, Quipu, Napier's bones, slide rule
Tic-Tac-Toe and computers: Charles Babbage's research on the game, Relay Tic Tac Toe Machine, Matchbox Educable Noughts and Crosses Engine (MENACE)
UNIVAC: UNIVAC 490, UNIVAC 418
Xerox: Xerox Alto
IBM: Two IBM System/360 Model 20s on long-term loan from a private collection in the UK.
STEM programs
Hardware Workshop
Programming a Virtual PET
Squeak (Etoys Programming)
References
External links
Official website
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Amerika Serikat
- ARPANET
- MATLAB
- Hokky Situngkir
- Sejarah ilmu
- Raksa
- Nintendo
- Bahasa Hindustan
- Metra
- System Source Computer Museum
- DigiBarn Computer Museum
- Computer History Museum
- List of computer museums
- Xerox Alto
- Hunt Valley, Maryland
- IBM System/360
- Computer program
- SuperCalc
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