Computer History Museum

For the similar British museum, see The National Museum of Computing.

Computer History Museum
The Computer History Museum's front entrance.
The Computer History Museum's front entrance
Map
Former names
The Computer Museum
Established1996; 28 years ago (1996)
LocationMountain View, California, US
Coordinates37°24′52″N 122°04′37″W / 37.414371°N 122.076817°W / 37.414371; -122.076817
TypeHistory and Technology Museum
Collection sizeOver 1 million objects
CEODan'l Lewin
Websitecomputerhistory.org

The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a museum of computer history, located in Mountain View, California. The museum presents stories and artifacts of Silicon Valley and the Information Age, and explores the computing revolution and its impact on society.

History

The museum's origins date to 1968 when Gordon Bell began a quest for a historical collection and, at that same time, others were looking to preserve the Whirlwind computer. The resulting Museum Project had its first exhibit in 1975, located in a converted coat closet in a DEC lobby. In 1978, the museum, now The Digital Computer Museum (TDCM), moved to a larger DEC lobby in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Maurice Wilkes presented the first lecture at TDCM in 1979 – the presentation of such lectures has continued to the present time.

TDCM incorporated as The Computer Museum (TCM) in 1982. In 1984, TCM moved to Boston, locating on Museum Wharf.

In 1996/1997, the TCM History Center (TCMHC) was established; a site at Moffett Field was provided by NASA (an old building that was previously the Naval Base furniture store) and a large number of artifacts were shipped there from TCM.

In 1999, TCMHC incorporated and TCM ceased operation, shipping its remaining artifacts to TCMHC in 2000. The name TCM had been retained by the Boston Museum of Science so, in 2000, the name TCMHC was changed to Computer History Museum (CHM).

In 2002, CHM opened its new building, previously occupied by Silicon Graphics, at 1401 N. Shoreline Blvd in Mountain View, California, to the public.[1][2] The facility was later heavily renovated and underwent a two-year $19 million makeover before reopening in January 2011.[3]

John Hollar, a former media executive, was appointed CEO in July 2008.[4] Dan'l Lewin, a former technology executive, replaced Hollar as CEO in March 2018.[5]

Public Programs

The Computer History Museum hosts regular public programs (currently under the "CHM Live" banner) with notable leaders (past and present) from Silicon Valley and the global tech sector, including past speakers such as Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman, Elon Musk, and Eric Schmidt, as well as academics, historians, and others on the impact of technology. The Museum also produces special events marking key anniversaries, such as the 40th Anniversary of the Apple Macintosh and the 50th Anniversary of Ethernet, featuring panels reflecting on the history and impact of key computing technologies.

Recordings of the Museum's past events are viewable on its YouTube channel.

The Museum also hosts TechFest events for families.

Collections and exhibition space

The Computer History Museum claims to house the largest and most significant collection of computing artifacts in the world.[a] This includes many rare or one-of-a-kind objects such as a Cray-1 supercomputer as well as a Cray-2, Cray-3, the Utah teapot, the 1969 Neiman Marcus Kitchen Computer, an Apple I, and an example of the first generation of Google's racks of custom-designed web servers.[7] The collection comprises nearly 90,000 objects, photographs and films, as well as 4,000 ft (1,200 m) of cataloged documentation and several hundred gigabytes of software.

The CHM oral history program conducts video interviews around the history of computing, this includes computer systems, networking, data-processing, memory, and data-storage. There are over 1,000 interviews recorded as of 2021, including panel discussions on the origins of the IBM PC and the hard disk drive, and individual interviews with Joanna Hoffman, Steve Chen, Dame Stephanie Shirley, and Donald Knuth.[8]

The museum's 25,000 sq ft (2,300 m2) exhibit "Revolution: The First 2000 Years of Computing", opened to the public on January 13, 2011. It covers the history of computing in 20 galleries, from the abacus to the Internet. The entire exhibition is also available online.[9][10][11]

Steve Russell, creator of Spacewar!, operating the PDP-1 at the Computer History Museum

On January 28, 2017, the Museum launched a 6,000 sq ft (560 m2) exhibit "Make Software: Change the World!" The exhibit covers how people's lives are transformed by software. Designed for middle schoolers and up, it features multimedia and touchscreen interactives, including a software lab where visitors can explore coding hands-on.[12]

Other exhibits include a restoration of an historic PDP-1 minicomputer, two restored IBM 1401 computers.

An operating difference engine designed by Charles Babbage in the 1840s and constructed by the Science Museum of London was on display until January 31, 2016. It had been on loan since 2008 from its owner, Nathan Myhrvold, a former Microsoft executive.[13]

Software

The CHM is also home to an extensive collection of software, curated by Al Kossow, a veteran of Apple Computer whom the museum hired in 2006. Kossow is responsible for preservation and accession of software in the museum, as well as for developing CHM's software-themed exhibitions. Kossow was a contributor to the museum long before being hired full-time and is the proprietor of Bitsavers, a large online repository of historical computer manuals and archived software and firmware acquired from his own collection and through donations from his peers.[14][15][16]

In 2010 the museum began with the collection of source code of important software, beginning with Apple's MacPaint 1.3, written in a combination of assembly language and Pascal and available as download for the public.[17][18]

Many other accessions have followed over the years. APL programming language was received in 2012.[19] Adobe donated the Photoshop 1.0.1 source code in 2013,[20][21] and Postscript in 2022.[22] Microsoft followed with the source code donation of SCP MS-DOS 1.25 and a mixture of Altos MS-DOS 2.11 and TeleVideo PC DOS 2.11 as well as Word for Windows 1.1a under their own license.[23][24] On October 21, 2014, Xerox Alto's source code was released.[25] On January 19, 2023, the Apple Lisa source code was released to the public.[26]

Past exhibits

A modern recreation of Charles Babbage's difference engine on display at the Computer History Museum

On June 23, 1990, the Walk-Through Computer exhibit opened to help visitors learn how computers work.[27] The interactive exhibit included a desktop computer, a giant monitor, a 25-foot (7.6 m) keyboard, and a 40-inch (1,016 mm) diameter trackball (initially planned to be a "bumper-car sized mouse") used by visitors to control the World Traveler program. In the Software Theater, animation and hardware video is used alongside a video feed of the World Traveler Program to show how computer programs work.[28] This exhibit was closed on August 5, 1995, and re-opened as the Walk-Through Computer 2000 on October 21, 1995, to include an updated monitor, 3D graphics, and more interactive features. One of these features allowed visitors to change the pits imprinted on a giant CD-ROM, and the changes are seen on a monitor.[29]

In 2016, the museum had a Liquid Galaxy in the "Going Places: A History of Silicon Valley" exhibit. The exhibit had 20 preselected locations that visitors can fly to on the Liquid Galaxy.[30] An exhibit on the history of autonomous vehicles, from torpedoes to self-driving cars was also on display.

Fellows

The CHM Fellow Awards Program honors distinguished technology pioneers for their outstanding merits and significant contributions to the advancement of computing and the evolution of the digital age. The CHM Fellows are men and women 'whose ideas have changed the world [and] affected nearly every human alive today'. The first fellow was Rear Admiral Grace Hopper in 1987. The fellows program has grown to 100 members as of 2024.[31] Fellow nominations are open to the public and are accepted year round.[32]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ the Heinz Nixdorf Museum, Paderborn, Germany, has more items on display but a far smaller total collection[6]

References

  1. ^ Bell, Gordon (2011).
  2. ^ Backgrounder Archived March 1, 2005, at the Wayback Machine Press release on the Computer History Museum
  3. ^ "Computer History Museum's Major New Exhibition Opens". Computer History Museum. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  4. ^ "John Hollar". Computer History Museum.
  5. ^ "Dan'l Lewin Appointed CEO" (Press release). Computer History Museum. February 27, 2018.
  6. ^ Heinz Nixdorf Museum Archived July 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ How Google Works David F. Carr, Baseline.com, July 6, 2006
  8. ^ Computer History Museum: Oral History Collection
  9. ^ Wollan, Malia (January 13, 2011). "Computer History Museum Unveils Its Makeover". The New York Times. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
  10. ^ Bilton, Nick (January 14, 2010). "Bits Pics: The Computer History Museum". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 19, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
  11. ^ "Computer History Museums Major New Exhibition Opens January 12th 2011". Computer History Museum. Archived from the original on January 17, 2011. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
  12. ^ "Computer History Museum Opens New Exhibition "Make Software: Change the World!"". CHM. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  13. ^ Moack, Mark (January 28, 2016). "Difference Engine Leaves Computer History Museum". Mountain View Voice. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016.
  14. ^ "Computer History Museum Names Software Curator". Silicon Valley Business Journal. American City Business Journals. July 12, 2006. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  15. ^ "Computer History Museum Leads Software Research and Preservation with New Center Launch". Yahoo News. March 1, 2017. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  16. ^ Scott, Jason. "That Time I Put Bitsavers into Archive.org". ASCII. Archived from the original on January 11, 2013.
  17. ^ "MacPaint and QuickDraw Source Code". Computer History Museum. July 20, 2010. Archived from the original on August 22, 2012.
  18. ^ Hesseldahl, Erik (July 20, 2010). "Apple Donates MacPaint Source Code To Computer History Museum". Businessweek.com. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012.
  19. ^ Shustek, Len (October 10, 2012). "The APL Programming Language Source Code". Computer History Museum. Archived from the original on October 7, 2013. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  20. ^ Bishop, Bryan (February 14, 2013). "Adobe releases original Photoshop source code for nostalgic developers". TheVerge.com. Archived from the original on January 17, 2014. Retrieved October 15, 2013.
  21. ^ Adobe Photoshop Source Code Archived May 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^ "PostScript: A Digital Printing Press". CHM. December 1, 2022. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  23. ^ Shustek, Len (March 24, 2014). "Microsoft Word for Windows Version 1.1a Source Code". Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  24. ^ Levin, Roy (March 25, 2014). "Microsoft makes source code for MS-DOS and Word for Windows available to public". Official Microsoft Blog. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 29, 2014. (NB. While the author and publishers claim the package would include MS-DOS 1.1 and 2.0, it actually contains SCP MS-DOS 1.25 and a mixture of files from Altos MS-DOS 2.11 and TeleVideo PC DOS 2.11.)
  25. ^ McJones, Paul (October 21, 2014). "Xerox Alto Source Code - The Roots of the Modern Personal Computer". Software Gems: The Computer History Museum Historical Source Code Series. Computer History Museum. Archived from the original on January 2, 2015. Retrieved January 8, 2015. With the permission of the Palo Alto Research Center, the Computer History Museum is pleased to make available, for non-commercial use only, snapshots of Alto source code, executables, documentation, font files, and other files from 1975 to 1987.
  26. ^ "The Lisa: Apple's Most Influential Failure". CHM. January 19, 2023. Retrieved October 15, 2023.
  27. ^ "Walk Through Computer".
  28. ^ "The Software Theater".
  29. ^ "The Walk Through Computer 2000" (PDF).
  30. ^ "David Laws' App Shines in New Exhibit at Computer History Museum". BATW. Archived from the original on January 6, 2017. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  31. ^ "Hall of Fellows". Computer History Museum. Retrieved May 31, 2024.
  32. ^ "Fellow Awards". CHM. Retrieved October 15, 2023.

Further reading

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Computer History Museum.

Read other articles:

Bursa Efek Indonesia

Bursa Efek IndonesiaGedung Bursa Efek Indonesia dilihat dari Jalan Jenderal Sudirman (2014)JenisBursa efekLokasiJakarta, IndonesiaDidirikan14 Desember 1912; 111 tahun lalu (1912-12-14)PemilikAnggota Bursa Efek IndonesiaTokoh pentingIman Rachman (Direktur Utama)John Aristianto Prasetio(Komisaris Utama)Mata uangRupiahEmiten tercatat903 (November, 2023)Kapitalisasi pasarRp 10.313,95 Triliun (September, 2023)[1]VolumeRp 14,39 triliun/hari (2022)Situs webwww.idx.co.id Bursa ...

 

 

Edi Yusup

Artikel ini sebatang kara, artinya tidak ada artikel lain yang memiliki pranala balik ke halaman ini.Bantulah menambah pranala ke artikel ini dari artikel yang berhubungan atau coba peralatan pencari pranala.Tag ini diberikan pada Oktober 2022. Edi Yusup Edi Yusup adalah seorang diplomat Indonesia yang diangkat menjadi Duta Besar Indonesia untuk Brasil, berkedudukan di Brasilia. Edi pernah menjabat sebagai Konjen RI di Guangzhou, Tiongkok, pada 2010. Setelah itu, pada tahun 2017, Menlu Retno ...

 

 

Fuji FA-200 Aero Subaru

Artikel ini perlu diwikifikasi agar memenuhi standar kualitas Wikipedia. Anda dapat memberikan bantuan berupa penambahan pranala dalam, atau dengan merapikan tata letak dari artikel ini. Untuk keterangan lebih lanjut, klik [tampil] di bagian kanan. Mengganti markah HTML dengan markah wiki bila dimungkinkan. Tambahkan pranala wiki. Bila dirasa perlu, buatlah pautan ke artikel wiki lainnya dengan cara menambahkan [[ dan ]] pada kata yang bersangkutan (lihat WP:LINK untuk keterangan lebih lanjut...

Skała

Bendera kota Lambang kota Untuk kegunaan lain, lihat Skała. Skała [pengucapan bahasa Polandia: ['] ( simak)] ialah sebuah kota di Polandia bagian selatan. Secara administratif, kota ini masuk dalam Provinsi Polandia Kecil (sejak tahun 1999). Sebelumnya, kota ini masuk di Provinsi Kraków (1975-1998). Serba-serbi Wali kota: Robert Stanisław Jakubek Luas wilayah: 2,97 km2 (1,1 mil2) Penduduk: 3.693 jiwa (2006) Kepadatan penduduk: 1.243,4/km2 (3.220,5 mil2) Kode pos: 32-043 Pla...

 

 

Offensiva su Kiev

Disambiguazione – Se stai cercando l'operazione dell'invasione russa dell'Ucraina del 2022, vedi Offensiva su Kiev (2022). Offensiva su Kievparte del fronte orientale della seconda guerra mondialeLe truppe sovietiche entrano a Kiev liberataData3-13 novembre 1943 LuogoKiev, Ucraina Esitovittoria sovietica Schieramenti Germania Unione Sovietica Comandanti Erich von Manstein Hermann Hoth Nikolaj Vatutin Pavel Rybalko Effettivi400.000 soldati400 mezzi corazzati655 aerei[1]671...

 

 

Tanwarin Sukkhapisit

Tanwarin pada 2019 Tanwarin Sukkhapisit (Thai: ธัญญ์วาริน สุขะพิสิษฐ์code: th is deprecated , RTGS: Thanwarin Sukkhaphisit, Pengucapan Thai: [tʰān.wāː.rīn sùk.kʰà.pʰí.sìt]) adalah seorang pembuat film dan politikus asal Thailand. Dalam pemilihan umum Thailand 2019, Tanwarin terpilih dalam parlemen Thai mewakili Partai Masa Depan Maju, menjadikannya anggota parlemen transgender terbuka pertama di Thailan dalam DPR.[1][2]...

Suku Hedareb

HedarebSebuah ilustrasi pria Beni Amer, dari 1888Daerah dengan populasi signifikan Eritrea: 202.000 (perkiraan kedubes Eritrea 2009);[1] 100.000 (perkiraan ILO 2009),[2]  Sudan,  MesirBahasaBedawiAgamaIslam SunniKelompok etnik terkaitBeja dan Suku bangsa Kusitik. Hedareb atau T'bdawe[note 1] adalah salah satu dari sembilan kelompok etnolinguistik di Eritrea.[3] Suku Hedareb tinggal di barat laut Barka di Eritrea, Sudan dan Mesir.[4] Bersi...

 

 

Piceni

Disambiguazione – Se stai cercando altri significati, vedi Piceni (disambigua). PiceniParticolare del Pettorale degli amuleti da Numana, usato nel 2000 come simbolo della mostra Piceni popolo d'Europa (Antiquarium statale di Numana - un esemplare simile si trova al Museo archeologico nazionale delle Marche) Nomi alternativi(LA) Picentes Luogo d'origineMarche e Abruzzo settentrionale PeriodoIX - III secolo a.C. Lingualingua picena Gruppi correlatipopoli italici Manuale Statua moderna c...

 

 

Matthew Bugg

Australian sailor Matthew Bugg2016 Australian Paralympic team portraitPersonal informationNationalityAustralianBorn (1981-02-25) 25 February 1981 (age 43)SportCountryAustraliaSportSailingEvent2.4mR classClubRoyal Yacht Club of Tasmania Medal record Sailing Representing  Australia Paralympic Games 2016 Rio 2.4m IFDS World Championships 2015 Melbourne 2.4m 2016 Medemblik 2.4m Matthew Bugg (born 25 February 1981) is an Australian sailor. He represented Australia at the 2012 Summer Para...

Anak Setan (film 2009)

Anak SetanSutradaraAllo GeaffaryProduserMonty TiwaDitulis olehMonty TiwaPemeranRinggo Agus RahmanIndri SatiyaJill GladysAlex KomangMariniMieke AmaliaGading MartenDistributorIndonesia Merdeka FilmTanggal rilis29 April 2009Durasi... menitNegaraIndonesia Anak Setan adalah film Indonesia yang dirilis pada 2009 yang disutradarai oleh Allo Geaffary. Film ini dibintangi antara lain oleh Ringgo Agus Rahman, Indri Satiya, Jill Gladys, Alex Komang, Marini, Mieke Amalia, dan Gading Marten. Sinopsis Gabr...

 

 

كأس أيرلندا الشمالية 1978–79

كأس أيرلندا الشمالية 1978–79 تفاصيل الموسم كأس أيرلندا  البلد أيرلندا الشمالية  البطل نادي كليفتونفيل  عدد المشاركين 16   كأس أيرلندا الشمالية 1977–78  كأس أيرلندا الشمالية 1979–80  تعديل مصدري - تعديل   كأس أيرلندا الشمالية 1978–79 (بالإنجليزية: 1978–79 Irish Cup)‏ هو موس...

 

 

1940 United States gubernatorial elections

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources.Find sources: 1940 United States gubernatorial elections – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (March 2019)1940 United States gubernatorial elections ← 1939 November 5, 1940;September 9, 1940 (ME) 1941 → 34 governorships   Majori...

Deterrence theory

Military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons This article is about Deterrent in peace and conflict studies and nuclear weapons. For legal theory of justice, see Deterrence (penology). USS Growler, one of two submarines designed to provide a nuclear deterrence using cruise missiles with a 500-mile (800 km) range—placed on patrol by starting to carry the Regulus I missile (shown at Pier 86 in New York, its home as a museum ship) Conflict resolution...

 

 

Trattato di Craiova

Il trattato di Craiova è stato un accordo imposto dalla Germania nazista firmato il 7 settembre 1940 tra la Romania e la Bulgaria che prevedeva una partizione in due della Dobrugia, ai tempi totalmente amministrata dalla Romania. La Dobrudja (Dobrogea): in arancio la Dobrudja settentrionale e in giallo la Dobrudja meridionale La nazione rumena fu costretta a cedere la parte meridionale di questa sua regione affacciata sul Mar Nero, che aveva conquistato nel 1913 all'indomani della Guerra dei...

 

 

تصميم وتقانة

هذه المقالة يتيمة إذ تصل إليها مقالات أخرى قليلة جدًا. فضلًا، ساعد بإضافة وصلة إليها في مقالات متعلقة بها. (سبتمبر 2020) التصميم والتقانة مادة دراسية تُدرَس في جميع المراحل الابتدائية والمتوسطة في إنجلترا، ويدرسها الأطفال للتطوير في هذا المجال وصقل مهاراتهم في التقنية والتص...

Padma Shri

Fourth highest civilian award in India AwardPadma ShriTypeNational CivilianCountry IndiaPresented byGovernment of IndiaRibbonObverseA centrally located lotus flower is embossed and the text Padma written in Devanagari script is placed above and the text Shri is placed below the lotus.ReverseA platinum State Emblem of India placed in the centre with the national motto of India, Satyameva Jayate (Truth alone triumphs) in Devanagari ScriptEstablished1954; 70 years ago (195...

 

 

Oficina de Servicios de Supervisión Interna de las Naciones Unidas

Oficina de Servicios de Supervisión Interna de Naciones Unidas Sede de las Naciones Unidas, en Nueva YorkAcrónimo OSSITipo organización de las Naciones UnidasForma legal ActivaFundación 1994Sede central Sede de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (Estados Unidos)Secretario General Adjunto Heidi MendozaEmpresa matriz Secretaría general de Naciones UnidasSitio web https://oios.un.org/[editar datos en Wikidata] La Oficina de Servicios de Supervisión Interna de las Naciones Un...

 

 

هانس أوتو يونغ

هذه المقالة يتيمة إذ تصل إليها مقالات أخرى قليلة جدًا. فضلًا، ساعد بإضافة وصلة إليها في مقالات متعلقة بها. (أبريل 2019) هانس أوتو يونغ معلومات شخصية الميلاد 17 سبتمبر 1920   الوفاة 22 أبريل 2009 (88 سنة)   روديشيم أم راين  مواطنة ألمانيا  الحياة العملية المهنة عازف بيانو  ا�...

Echt-Susteren

Cet article est une ébauche concernant une localité néerlandaise. Vous pouvez partager vos connaissances en l’améliorant (comment ?) selon les recommandations des projets correspondants. Echt-Susteren Armoiries. Drapeau. Église de Nieuwstadt Administration Pays Pays-Bas Province Limbourg Bourgmestre Jos Hessels (CDA) Code postal 6100-6118 Indicatif téléphonique international +(31) Démographie Population 32 365 hab. Densité 313 hab./km2 Géographie Coordonnées ...

 

 

BRCA2

BRCA2PDBに登録されている構造PDBオルソログ検索: RCSB PDBe PDBj PDBのIDコード一覧1N0W, 3EU7識別子記号BRCA2, BRCC2, BROVCA2, FACD, FAD, FAD1, FANCD, FANCD1, GLM3, PNCA2, XRCC11, breast cancer 2, DNA repair associated, breast cancer 2, early onset, BRCA2 DNA repair associated, Genes外部IDOMIM: 600185 MGI: 109337 HomoloGene: 41 GeneCards: BRCA2 遺伝子の位置 (ヒト)染色体13番染色体 (ヒト)[1]バンドデータ無し開始点32,315,086 bp[1 ...