At least it's a better title than 'The centre for computing history' (Cambridge, UK).
On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 9:39 PM Sellam Abraham via cctalk < [email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 1:15 PM John Foust <[email protected]> wrote: > > > At 01:32 PM 5/22/2024, Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > > >His and his wife > > >Gwen's (god rest her soul as well) personal collecting and the museum at > > >DEC was the basis for the Boston Computer Museum, which effectively went > > >west and became the Computer History Museum. > > > > He was quite sensitive about this. I made the same mistake, referring > > to it as the "Boston Computer Museum." He told me: > > > > "Let me be clear The Computer Museum (TCM) was NEVER called the > > Boston Computer Museum... Boston was a temporary home when computing > > passed through New England, but the city itself gave nothing to it. > > ... As a former collector, founder, and board member of the > > Digital Computer Museum > The Computer Museum >> current Computer History > > Museum > > (a name I deplore and that exists only because of the way the Museum left > > Boston) > > I have always been a strong advocate of getting as many artifacts into as > > many > > hands as possible, and this includes selling museum artifacts when > > appropriate. > > In essence a whole industry of museums and collectors is essential." > > > > - John > > > > I appreciate the clarification. > > I agree that it's a shame that the CHM couldn't be called TCM. "Computer > History Museum" is a fairly awkward name. > > Sellam >
