Living Computers
Living Computers
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| Long ago, she went to school to learn to punch cards and operate the computers that used them. |
Living Computers is unlike any other computer museum that I've visited. Most of the computers on display are working and available for use by visitors. They have a huge collection of computer technology from the 1960s to the present. I especially enjoyed encountering computers from my past; including a CDC Cyber supercomputer, early Macs, and a Commodore 64. If I lived in Seattle, I'd immediately buy an annual membership.
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| Time-traveling back to my junior high school programming class. |
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| Learning about the history of digital computing. |
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| Time-traveling back to high school, playing video games and listening to Duran Duran. |
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| Exploring the limits of a Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer |
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| Painting with Bob Ross, on an Apple IIgs |
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| Examining the innards of a Cray supercomputer. |
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| Remembering using a CDC Cyber in college. |
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| Exploring Microsoft Excel on the machine on which I first used it. |
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| Being reminded of copy protection through requiring users have the printed manual. |
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| Patiently waiting for one of my teenage self's favorite games to load. |
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| Programming a Commodore PET to greet the world. |
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| Hoping I don't get eaten by a grue. |
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| Considering whether one of these tele-presence robots would make my remote work easier. |