root@tmpmbx.UUCP (The Superior Being) (07/01/88)
My father is going to spend his vacation in/near Boston,MA.
He pleased me to ask on the net, if anybody knows about a
museum of compters/computer-science (perhaps something from DEC ???)
Any answer welcome !!!
Thanx-
Clemens Schrimpe, netmbx Berlin (West-Germany)
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X.25: 026245300043106 login: chat Password: talkmasterhtr@sfsup.UUCP (H.T.Robinson) (07/03/88)
We understand that DEC has a Museum in Computing in the Boston area; unfortunately, we don't have the particulars. Can anyone in the area help out? Helena Robinson AT&T Bell Labs ...attunix!htr
lseaman@hawk.ulowell.edu (Lyle Seaman) (07/05/88)
There will probably be a deluge of replies --
The Computer Museum is at 300 Congress St, at Museum Wharf (i.e. on the
waterfront) -- right next to the milk bottle. It's a few blocks walk
from South Station (the 'T' == the subway), or not too hard to get to from
Atlantic Ave. Admission is $4.50 (I think). The phone number is
(617) 423 - 6758 and they have a nifty answering machine.
They have special speakers regularly on Sunday afternoons, but I don't
know if they continue through the summer. Dennis Ritchie was there
in May. I wasn't aware that this was a venture of DEC's...
I also enjoy the Museum of Science, which has an interesting mathematics
exhibit funded by IBM.
Lyle
{harvard,mit-eddie}!ulowell!hawk.ulowell.edu!lseamanddb@ns.ns.com (David Dyer-Bennet) (07/08/88)
In article <7922@swan.ulowell.edu>, lseaman@hawk.ulowell.edu (Lyle Seaman) writes: > I wasn't aware that this was a venture of DEC's... The museum was started by dec (and used to be housed in MR2 (more recently MRO2) at their Marlboro facility (next to the building I worked in at the time)). It is now, as I understand it, an independent entity. I suspect it's larger and better now, but it was loads of fun to walk over there and browse when I needed to think about something (or needed to goldbrick :-).
andrey@arizona.edu (Andrey K. Yeatts) (07/08/88)
In article <7922@swan.ulowell.edu>, lseaman@hawk.ulowell.edu (Lyle Seaman) writes: > The Computer Museum is at 300 Congress St, at Museum Wharf (i.e. on the > waterfront) -- right next to the milk bottle. It's a few blocks walk > > I also enjoy the Museum of Science, which has an interesting mathematics > exhibit funded by IBM. And a fantastic Van de Graff generator, courtesy MIT. (zzzap!!) > Lyle > {harvard,mit-eddie}!ulowell!hawk.ulowell.edu!lseaman You can follow the (blue line?) walking tour to the Computer Museum from Faneuil (sp?) Market. And unless you despise children or are very self-conscious, see the Children's Museum next door (y'know, they should have rental children for those who show up without). And there is the Museum of Fine Arts, near the Fenway, with a wonderful collection of Oriental art, and... -- Andrey Yeatts Dept. of Computer Science andrey@arizona.edu Univ. of Arizona {allegra,cmcl2,noao}!arizona!andrey Tucson, AZ 85721 (602) 621-2858
mpp@ems.Ems.MN.ORG (Michael Palmquist) (07/09/88)
In article <970@tmpmbx.UUCP>, root@tmpmbx.UUCP (The Superior Being) writes: > museum of compters/computer-science (perhaps something from DEC ???) > nrea Boston... Clemens -- Tell your father to check out the Boston Computer Museum -- it's run with some support from the Boston Computer Society. It's down on the wharf next to the Children's Museum. It is definitely worth the trip. A very cool place. He should also check out the Science Museum on the Charles. mpp@ems
barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin) (07/09/88)
In article <7922@swan.ulowell.edu> lseaman@hawk.ulowell.edu (Lyle Seaman) writes: >The Computer Museum is at 300 Congress St, at Museum Wharf ... > I wasn't aware that this was a venture of DEC's... The Computer Museum was originally part of DEC, and located in (or adjacent to) one of its buildings (probably in Marlborough). At the time it was just a collection of ancient DEC computers. It later separated from DEC, and soon after that it moved to its present location in Boston. Barry Margolin Thinking Machines Corp. barmar@think.com {uunet,harvard}!think!barmar
ddb@ns.ns.com (David Dyer-Bennet) (07/12/88)
In article <23429@think.UUCP>, barmar@think.COM (Barry Margolin) writes: > The Computer Museum was originally part of DEC, and located in (or > adjacent to) one of its buildings (probably in Marlborough). At the > time it was just a collection of ancient DEC computers. I worked in MR1 at the time the museum was in MR2. There was a lot more than just old DEC stuff there. I remember CDC and Univac, and at least boards and articles on some of the very first vacuum tube systems. And of course the odd abbacus and some old mechanical calculators. -- -- David Dyer-Bennet ...!{rutgers!dayton | amdahl!ems | uunet!rosevax}!umn-cs!ns!ddb ddb@viper.Lynx.MN.Org, ...{amdahl,hpda}!bungia!viper!ddb Fidonet 1:282/341.0, (612) 721-8967 hst/2400/1200/300