European Tour

Hmm, couldn't you be a bit more specific ? A few days in Germany is like saying 'visiting Alaska and BC and maybe some days on the West Coast' ... Oh Boy, Germany is more than 700 miles 'high' and up to 500 'wide' (nowadays:). Ok, for historic nerds there are at least 3 main places: - Museum fur Verkehr und Technik in Berlin - here you can find (beside a small display) a _complete_ replica of the Zuse Z1 computer - the first computer - and all mechanical :) - The Heinz Nixdorf Museum in Paderborn (a small city middle of nowhere) - They have a real comprehensive display. The single largest in Germany. A lot of small systems from the 70's - Of course since this museum started out as a company nuseum of Nixdorf. - The Deutsches Museum in Munich - THE science museum - I think #1 worldwide - the only thing coming close anyhwere might be the Smithonian Collections. A museum about almost anything. Also including a small Computer display - some 12,000 sqft. They have things like Zuse Z3 replika, Z22, Siemens 2002, PERM, IBM 360/20, TR4, Mark 1...realy impressiv. Althrough I think the modern part is a bit .. hmm .. lets say more like a junk yard - only a PC and a PET hidden in a sidecase and other random parts ... :( - They (the Deutsches Museum) opened a subsidary in Bonn some time ago (Kohl wanted to have such things in hs 'capitol' city :) - But this museum is nice, and well done, but more political/modern historical orientated - only 3 pices are special computer orientated: parts of a Z23 computer (afair the drum), some boxes of the SUPRENUM Project, and a 1 meg chip from VEB Forschungszentrum Mikroelektronik Dresden - the last East German high tech product - they almost ruined their industry - any research money available and a lot more was spend for this development. Beside these, maybe the RWTH in Aaachen (Aachen university) could be an interesting place - they have a small display of big old stuff ... Aachen, Bonn and Paderborn might be close enough to the westen border (Begique/Holland). Oh yes, and maybe send Stefan Walgenbach <walgen(a)do.isst.fhg.de> a mail - he is building the HCM (Home Computer Museum) in Oberhausen, thats just 60km east of the Dutch border. Maybe he invites you to see his collection of classic 80's small and home- computers - he has a big heap of european (English, French and German) home computers. Some hints about your planned tour would help. And if you come to Munich (Deutsches Museum) I would be glad to show you the museum, the city and bragg with my collection :) Servus H. -- Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut HRK