> What should be on display considering:
> 1) space limitation
> 2) Mainframes, minis, micros
> 3) What would most attract visitors
> 4) What would most attract funding :)
5- Location, Location, Location!!!
Personally I'd say the prime locations would be the Silicon Valley, and the
Silicon Forest. 3&4 sound rough, I'd definitly check one out if it was
near me, but I'm crazy :^)
Three things which have changed radically over the years.are
- 01 Power (including speed)
- 10 Cost
How about how peoples perceptions of cost has changed? In the early to
mid-80's a Commodore 64 was considered expensive by most. Now everyone
seems to be going out and spending about 5 to 10 times that much on system
Software has become less klunky over the years. Try
having an ancient word
processor running so people can see, say, the number of steps required to
open a file.
Now there is a cool idea! Maybe trace the history of a WP like Word
Perfect, of course if you weren't careful this could take up a museum by
itself :^)
Don't forget output technology...compare an old
daisy wheel to a laser, a
superannuated 9 pin to a modern 24 pin, get a thermal printer, and a
thinkjet (really raunchy output, but FAST).
And input tech, starting with wired boards up to.....
CBM shot themselves in the foot, that would be
interesting. Why aren't
Apples more common, for example?
Price, when they were tops, the Apple was great, but two expensive. Then
they were old tech, and still fairly spendy. Don't get me wrong I love my
Apples, but the Price/Performace ratio was wrong for the times I think.
Still the
Apple II in it's various incarnations was produced for about 15 years.
Zane
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