:-) Did you know that Paris is the first permanent museum of computing in Europe? I discovered little is good ... Here you can see a story of its inauguration in 2007 .
Here you have the official website of the museum 
.
The museum is located on the roof of the Grande Arche ( Le Toit de la Grande Arche de la Défense . ), which is an impressive building, but not suitable for lifts some who have vertigo. The museum features authentic jewels of computing history, and also with smaller teams that many people still keep them at home. Starting with an IBM of the 60 up to a Cray X-MP
of 80. I have decided that these photos need a soundtrack to match, so here I propose three instrumental pieces that I think extremely well the spirit that follows the museum. I recommend listening to as you can see the photos:
The Alan Parsons Project - Hyper-Gamma-Spaces (1978) .
Giorgio Moroder - Machines (1984)
. Jean Michel
Jarre - Magnetic Fields 2 (1988) .
And here the coveted photos (click to enlarge): IBM Computer
the 60.
This cabinet is
computer CPU. Literally. A modern CPU is a silicon chip so just 1 square centimeter. Those front lights serve to indicate the memory registers and operations being conducted by the team. Literally you can see "think" computer.
This cabinet is
computer RAM. Specifically 32 kilobytes of memory, based on ferrite toroids
. Nothing more. The modern RAM is the size of a pen, a typical size of 2 gigabytes. Almost anything ... And if the photo is me:-P Left can see the reader / writer punched cards, which was the form that was used to introduce programs on your computer, and for certain outputs in a format that another computer could understand. If you want, we can say that is the equivalent of a floppy. In the center is an oscilloscope, although it was not necessary in the routine use of equipment, whether it was necessary to make repairs. On the right / rear we have a continuous forms printer, excessive proportions, and it seems that it was VERY noisy.
Room of a teenager in the early 80's.
What had been the bedroom of a young computer enthusiasts (and what you will see, millionaire) in early 80's? Here you have it: Overview of the room.
Tandy TRS-80, equipped with a 300 baud modem.
The Tandy, with Intel, type unknown, on the ground.
indicated that computer is not so clueless. Eye of the camera.
Turntables and matching plate, and of course, those classic eighties; lost!
An original Walkman, the RISK, computer instructions, etc etc
The description of the room they had in the museum.
course achieved the atmosphere is very good, but a kid at the time had to be rich to afford three computers and a modem connection. Yet I will not complain, is very accomplished.
Cray X-MP (1982). No, not a sofa.
I would not be me who had to change all the cables.
want one. Other photos
.
Amstrad CPC6128, with 128 KB of memory, and of course, your monitor to match. When I had my first computer classes at school, the classroom was exactly these computers. It brought back many memories to see this team at the museum.
A Commodore PET
, late 70's. The link to wikipedia is little information on the computer.
Micro VAX II (1985) DEC manufacturer.
Do you sound? The left is a Toshiba T-1000, the middle one Toshiba T-1100, and if you want to see a T-1200 Do
here. On the right is a Macintosh that has its years. The three laptops are late 80's.
A
Next Cube, son of Steve Jobs in his time away from Apple (about 1988-1990).
There, I hope you liked it. In closing, one more song to finish the mood: Phil Oakley - Together In Electric Dreams (I recommend watching the video).
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