I visited CHM in early 2018. I actually didn't go to CHM proper, but
arranged with them to visit a warehouse nearby where they store a lot of
stuff they don't display.
I was able to see my "first personal computer" circa 1962. It was an
IBM 709, the last vacuum tube computer from IBM (I think). It had made
its way through a couple of stops from the Research Computer Laboratory
at the University of Washington to CHM. As an undergraduate, I started
working in the Lab as a Student Operator on the "late" shift
(10pm-6am?). Early in UW quarters there were often no "jobs" to run
through the system, and it sat idle. Plenty of time to fiddle with
learning assembler and Fortran.
If you had something specific of interest, you might be able to arrange
something. I became a member to do this, and still am one today.
Dave
On 3/12/23 9:27 AM, Tarek Hoteit via cctalk wrote:
Hello. I am visiting the Computer History Museum in California next week. I
always wanted to check it out and spend a day there, but something else
happens. Any recommendations of what is a must see at the museum and anything
else classic computing nearby in one day only (March 15)?
Regards,
Tarek Hoteit
