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| Thread ID: 50812 | 2004-11-02 07:57:00 | Is there a computer museum? | Steve_L (763) | Press F1 |
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| 287110 | 2004-11-02 18:49:00 | Hellllooooo NZ PC World.....!! Is this (establishing a computer museum, perhaps travelling around NZ museums) something that you guys could push along to make happen? The next time I am at TePapa, I will ask them.... |
Steve_L (763) | ||
| 287111 | 2004-11-02 19:24:00 | Some of the NZ stores weren't bad for displays of obsolete gear :-) One of the Smithsonian Museums in Washington DC has a display of computers. When they are just on static museum display they aren't that interesting. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 287112 | 2004-11-02 20:12:00 | Hey, There is actually a Mac Museum in Newton, Auckland City. The museum is located at Magnum Mac and they have the first IMac sold in New Zealand as well as a few apples that look nothing like todays machines. Mister Harbies |
mister harbies (5607) | ||
| 287113 | 2004-11-02 23:47:00 | They have some really old stuff in the computer science museum at the Otago University. I wouldn't really class 286s and 386s museum material. I can still remember playing Commander Keen 4 on them so they aren't that old. |
alphazulusixeightniner (185) | ||
| 287114 | 2004-11-03 00:12:00 | > I have always wondered if there is a computer museum, > here in NZ ? Yup, but most of the computers are still in use running Xtra. |
whtafo (156) | ||
| 287115 | 2004-11-03 02:50:00 | I know a collection had been started at Ferrymead some years ago but it was just that - a collection. None running and nobody attending. Obviously there will be a demand eventually. Old computers provided they can be seen working can be quite fascinating. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 287116 | 2004-11-03 10:36:00 | > I wouldn't really class 286s and 386s museum material. Yes, I know what you mean, but then again, how many people who now use 'puters would be familiar with 286 and 386's? Even for me (I am not young), a 286 is nearly ancient history, but for those in their teens and early twenties it would be ancient. |
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