This place is great, but my work had a function here and I walked around with one of our juniors and never have I felt so old. The pure astonishment and confusion when looking at a “floppy disk” aged me instantly.
This is really awesome. The CHM is one of my favorite places in the world. I had applied for a web developer position there not too long ago, great to see them expand things online like this
I'm a fan of CHM. That said there collections have (understandably) a rather Silicon-Valley-legacy-centric view of, erm, computer history. You'll find little mention, for example, of these tantalizing early mentions of alternative computer architectures (with pictures!) in NSA's predecessor OP-20-G, as posed alongside the then-nascent von Neumann architecture (also covered).
Very cool stuff.
Vintage marketing of the future: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/curator-picks/vi...
Lectures: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/search-c...
Oral Histories: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/search-c...
This place is great, but my work had a function here and I walked around with one of our juniors and never have I felt so old. The pure astonishment and confusion when looking at a “floppy disk” aged me instantly.
Ooh check out the Discovery wall! I see a Furby, a Power Glove (call AVGN) and a Ninja Turtles NES Game: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/discovery
This is really awesome. The CHM is one of my favorite places in the world. I had applied for a web developer position there not too long ago, great to see them expand things online like this
I've been to this museum ~10 times. It never gets old. I take everyone I know there. I like to see their reactions.
New portal looks kinda cool too.
CHM employee here. Always great to see CHM on HN. Glad folks are excited about this -- as are we! There's so much cool stuff in the Collection.
I have come across (and enjoyed) many of the videos [1] they have posted to YouTube.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/@ComputerHistory
I'm a fan of CHM. That said there collections have (understandably) a rather Silicon-Valley-legacy-centric view of, erm, computer history. You'll find little mention, for example, of these tantalizing early mentions of alternative computer architectures (with pictures!) in NSA's predecessor OP-20-G, as posed alongside the then-nascent von Neumann architecture (also covered).
https://www.governmentattic.org/8docs/NSA-WasntAllMagic_2002...
This one has always been a favorite: https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-two-napkin-protocol/
This is realllly cool. I have a rabbit hole to go down into tonight
Related, of the more in-person variety:
Favorite Tech Museums
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46504220
Link: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog