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From: "Eric Chomko" <vze2wsvr(a)verizon.net>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 7:56 AM
Subject: goin to CA soon, to be a CC tychoon
Seriously folks, I am going on a two week trip to
sunny California later
this month and trying to find a couple of interesting stops that might
have something to do with classic computers. I'll be starting in San
Francisco and ending up in Los Angeles.
I plan a trip through Silicon Valley with a stop at NASA Ames. Anyone
have their schedule for the classic computer museum?
The Computer History Museum (
www.computerhistory.org) is no longer at NASA
Ames but closeby in Mountain View. It now has a permanent home at 1401 N.
Shoreline Blvd. (one freeway off-ramp north of NASA). In fact the grand
opening of the new location was just this past week.
The tour schedule is currently:
Wednesdays at 1pm
Fridays at 1pm
1st & 3rd Saturdays at 1pm and 2pm
It's best to let the museum know you're coming so that enough docents will
be scheduled for that day (
http://www.computerhistory.org/about/tour/).
I'd second the suggestion of stopping at Fry's Electronics and The Tech
[Museum of Innovation].
Intel also has a museum on their history. Sorry I don't know the hours.
Finally, depending on how far south you're planning to travel, there's
another computer museum just north of San Diego - The Computer Museum of
America (
www.computer-museum.org).
Enjoy your trip.
Dave Babcock
Volunteer, Computer History Museum