A fantastic collection and restoration effort. I highly encourage a visit. I was in Seattle last year and had recently joined and pinged about maybe getting a tour. It was right before a vintage computer festival and despite being busy getting ready, Stephen, the director, encouraged me to drop in.<p>I would've been happy just looking (and not even touching) by myself for 15 or 20 minutes given the circumstances, but Stephen spent 1.5 hours with me in a hands-on tour, including playing Spacewar. He genuinely cares about these machines, their preservation, and spreading enthusiasm about them. I only wish I was a little closer (3 hours away in Portland) or I'd spend more time on-site helping with the effort.
Really awesome looking collection! I want to go next time I visit Seattle.<p>I know there's a great museum near Atlanta for those interested in vintage computing who live on the other side of the country -- <a href="https://mimmsmuseum.org" rel="nofollow">https://mimmsmuseum.org</a><p>I believe both of these museums got lots of artifacts from the LCM, so its legacy lives on
If you’re in the area, check out the Connections Museum too! <a href="https://www.telcomhistory.org/ConnectionsSeattle.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.telcomhistory.org/ConnectionsSeattle.html</a>
Discussed (only?) once before:<p><i>The Interim Computer Museum</i> - <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37304983">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37304983</a> - Aug 2023 (15 comments)
Yes, I’m surprised it has not been discussed more.<p>I submitted this because it appears to be something of a successor to Paul Allen’s Living Computers museum which I occasionally see mentioned in comments. I think we were all disappointed at how that ended so I was relieved to see this project is carrying the torch.
Somewhat related discussion about developments with the Living Computer Museum, whose collection is connected to this:<p><i>Living Computers Museum to permanently close, auction vintage items</i><p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40789179">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40789179</a>
ICM on a Saturday and Connections Museum on a Sunday is a delightful pairing! Close to the airport too if your just popping by on a layover, though plan on 2 to 4 hours for each
Its YouTube channel has some nice video, including footage of the KL-10: <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZSXexPtkcnmJ59mPoeZyGDWQMewPkWbl" rel="nofollow">https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZSXexPtkcnmJ59mPoeZyGDWQ...</a> .
Click on the Recollections page, it has a bunch of real vintage Unix (etc.) computers you can log into.
It's awesome seeing physical computing history preserved like this, especially the lesser-known enterprise machines that usually just get scrapped when a company shuts down.
Hi that's fantastic collection, I love it. It actually kind of pair with a project about source code, no hardware: <a href="https://www.programmingmuseum.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.programmingmuseum.com/</a>
I want to see models of Vannevar Bush's rapid analytical machine computers supplied to the proto-NSA.<p>See Colin Burke and Pieces of the Action
In the same vein if you're in Sydney check out the Australian Computer Museum <a href="https://acms.org.au/" rel="nofollow">https://acms.org.au/</a> <a href="https://maps.app.goo.gl/UKtUrrDpDnfAWn6d6" rel="nofollow">https://maps.app.goo.gl/UKtUrrDpDnfAWn6d6</a>
cool. the orange glow reminds me of the first time i used a networked computer....<p>the Plato system. I was about 12 and some dude on the dungeon game said he was in california. I was in northern Michigan. That broke my brain for the day.
hey great work !
That looks like a very useful way to convert one's obsession with holding on to old computers and tinkering with them to a socially-education experience.<p>But who will keep the keyboards clean from all of the crud that collects over the years? :-P
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