26 Sep
2002
26 Sep
'02
7:25 a.m.
Anyone ever been to this place in Bozeman, MT?
http://www.compuseum.org
- John
26 Sep
26 Sep
8:01 a.m.
On Thu, Sep 26, 2002 at 02:21:28PM -0500, John Foust wrote:
Anyone ever been to this place in Bozeman, MT?
http://www.compuseum.org
Yes, in July after my brother's wedding (which was in Big Sky).
There's an impressive collection of artifacts -- a (the?) Cal-Tech prototype
electronic calculator, Gutenberg Bible, replica of the Antikythera
Mechanism, '60s IBM computers, Speak-And-Spell, combination calculator/
abacus, and much more. Apparently most of the collection is not on display.
Most museums' exhibits have individual themes and have no relationship
to each other. (i.e., you would have an office automation exhibit, a game
exhibit, a scientific computing exhibit, etc.) The Compuseum tries to tie
everything together in a single timeline. So the Gutenberg Bible is not
related to computing, but is related to the more fundamental issues of
communication and information storage, which have recently been
computerized. In the modern era the timeline splits up into themes anyway,
but I still liked the idea.
I had a hard time seeing some things (as usual) and the signs gave
almost no technical information (as usual). There's a video but I didn't
watch it. In short the presentation is not designed for the technical
audience. The owner was out so I wrote my questions down
for later.
Incidentally, the operation started after the owner's wife told him
the collection was too big... "Why don't you open a museum or something?"
At least that's the story I recall.
-- Derek
8:34 a.m.
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, John Foust wrote:
Anyone ever been to this place in Bozeman, MT?
http://www.compuseum.org
No, but they've been around for a few years. They seem to be making a
real go at it. I haven't visited their site in a while and don't know
where they are with their plans but they drew up plans for a pretty major
computer history facility.
They don't seem to want to collaborate with anyone else though.
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11:29 a.m.
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, John Foust wrote:
It looks like they aren't going for exact spelling either, they've managed
to spell "Macintosh" as "McIntosh" on their web site at least...
--
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completely fucking incompetent when it comes to employing technology"
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Anyone ever been to this place in Bozeman, MT?
http://www.compuseum.org
No, but they've been around for a few years. They seem to be making a
real go at it. I haven't visited their site in a while and don't know
where they are with their plans but they drew up plans for a pretty major
computer history facility.
They don't seem to want to collaborate with anyone else though. 
27 Sep
27 Sep
6:43 a.m.
New subject: Does anyone want a big Digital Networking Switch?
Being a college student, I keep my eyes open for interesting
tidbits, and last year I picked up what was my dormitory's ethernet gear
when they upgraded. It's a DECHub 900 MultiSwitch. Apparently it is still
a supported product, but as many computers as I own, I cannot use the 150
10BaseT ports on this monster. Here is what I have:
1 DEChub 900 Multiswitch Chassis w/ 3 power supply modules and the
following units:
4 DECRepeater 900TM - These are 10 megabit 24 port hubs.
1 DECswitch 900 EF - FDDI, 2 AUI, 4 10BaseT
3 PORTSwitch 900TP - These are 24 port 10 megabit switches.
I also have a DECRepeater 90/FA 10baseFL with AUI and 10Base2
All these modules fit into the fairly large DEChub rack. There is
a little bit more, which live in my brother's computer room doing real
work, but we never, ever see ourselves needing this many ports for any
hobbyist applications. It's taking up space in my bro's back room, and if
anyone wants it, lemme know. It is heavy.
We played with this enough to know most of the modules work- I
don't know about the FDDI interface, as when I picked it up they said it
was nonfunctional, but it may not have been configured. If you want this,
I'll include all the manuals/flash upgrades/etc etc that my brother and I
got off Digital Network's website on a CD.
It needs some work, though if you want to put it to real use- Each
module has a number of fans in them, and many of them make that unhappy
dying fan sound.
If you happen to be in the champaign/urbana area of Illinois, and
want to have a look, pick up is available.
Thanks,
Greg Linder
glinder(a)uiuc.edu
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