Boston CM (was Re: Computer Museum of America ...

John Allain wrote Are you asking me or Bryan or Bob? Anyway, I first went about ten or fifteen years ago. I remember a magnificently huge keypunch, bits of old machines (Whirlwind, UNIVAC, etc.) with video clips, and a non- working PDP-1 graphics display. There were two joysticks too, so I guess it was set up for Spacewar, but I don't remember actually seeing the computer. I also remember an exhibit demonstrating one-dimensional cellular automata (though that might have been on another trip). My most recent trip was maybe five years ago and was very disappointing. Intel's "giant computer" exhibit didn't teach me anything and was somewhat of an advertisement for Intel products. The museum did have other exhibits that were more interactive (natural language understanding systems, etc.). They impressed me but I didn't feel I knew more than before about the essence of the subject. You guys have to see the collection in California. They have all the cool hardware that the BCM stopped exhibiting and they are pretty serious about presenting depth. -- Derek