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“Blue Box”
Another early collaboration between the two Steves was construction of an electronic “blue bos” that enabled them to make toll-free calls by bypassing telephone company billing computers. The desire to feel in control of one’s own destiny and to control billions of dollars in telephone company infrastructure was like magic to the young entrepreneurs and gave them confidence that they would do great things. Said Jobs, “Without the blue box, there would have been no Apple.”
Computer History Museum
Mountain View, CA
(6890)
Behemoth (Big Electronic Human-Energized Machine…Only Too Heavy), 1983-1991
“This networked recumbent bicycle, an outstanding fusion of user and machine, is the third and final version of the “technomadic adventure platform” built by Steven K. Roberts and pedaled 17,000 miles around the United States. The core idea was to use computer and communication tools to render physical location irrelevant and Roberts maintained a freelance writing and publishing business while on the road using the handlebar chord keyboard, satellite email, heads-up display, ultrasonic head mouse, and an on-board network of computers.”
Computer History Museum
Mountain View, CA
(6940)
Computer History Museum in Mountain View California
1401 N Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View, CA
(650) 810-1010
The world's largest history museum for the preservation and presentation of artifacts and stories of the Information Age located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Picture Taken by Michael Kappel (Me)
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Various mechanical calculators, including some Curtas. I want a Curta of my own: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta
Part of the MIT Whirlwind 1:
103 PROGRAM REGISTER DIGITS 0-15
301 A REGISTER
DIGITS 1-15
So there's an 'a' register and a 'b' register in this machine. Each reigster is an ENITIRE CIRCUIT BOARD of discrete elements.
Altair 8800 with a copy of the first Homebrew Computer Club newsletter and signatures from founding members (including Steve Wozniak).
Computer History Museum in Mountain View California
1401 N Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View, CA
(650) 810-1010
The world's largest history museum for the preservation and presentation of artifacts and stories of the Information Age located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Picture Taken by Michael Kappel (Me)
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Computer History Museum in Mountain View California
1401 N Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View, CA
(650) 810-1010
The world's largest history museum for the preservation and presentation of artifacts and stories of the Information Age located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Picture Taken by Michael Kappel (Me)
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Computer History Museum in Mountain View California
1401 N Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View, CA
(650) 810-1010
The world's largest history museum for the preservation and presentation of artifacts and stories of the Information Age located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Picture Taken by Michael Kappel (Me)
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Computer History Museum in Mountain View California
1401 N Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View, CA
(650) 810-1010
The world's largest history museum for the preservation and presentation of artifacts and stories of the Information Age located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Picture Taken by Michael Kappel (Me)
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This is the cover of a July 1924 issue of QST, a magazine devoted to amateur radio hobbyists. Hobbyists were crucial to many early developments in radio engineering.
Computer History Museum
Mountain View, CA
(6881)
Teleprinter messages, all ready to pass to Colossus for decryption.
Bletchley Park, England
September 2008
SVASE - Affiliate for International Software Development Outsourcing Conference:
that's coming up on May 20 at Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA www.computerhistory.org/ .
Keynote speaker: Tony Wasserman www.computerhistory.org/ - open source projects are the great example of distributed group of people working remotely on joint software development project;
Distiguished speaker: Thomas (Tom) Frey www.davinciinstitute.com/speakers.php for the first time ever: An Industry Poised for Transition: The Future of Software Development
Bill Aal at the 22nd Internet Identity Workshop, at the amazing Computer History Museum, in downtown Silicon Valley.
Computer History Museum in Mountain View California
1401 N Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View, CA
(650) 810-1010
The world's largest history museum for the preservation and presentation of artifacts and stories of the Information Age located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Picture Taken by Michael Kappel (Me)
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The Babbage Engine
"Charles Babbage (1791-1871), computer pioneer, designed the first automatic computing engines. He invented computers but failed to build them. The first complete Babbage Engine was completed in London in 2002, 153 years after it was designed. Difference Engine No. 2, built faithfully to the original drawings, consists of 8,000 parts, weighs five tons, and measures 11 feet long."
www.computerhistory.org/babbage/
Computer History Museum
Mountain View, CA
(6843)
Colossus was one of the first true computers, switch programmable, and built using telephone exchange equipment to break the Lorentz cryptosystem.
Bletchley Park, England
September 2008
The Apple I sold for $666.66 and included an etched printed circuit board, a bag of parts and a 16-page assembly manual. The user had to provide his or her own keyboard, power supply and monitor (usually a modified television set). When a Mountain View computer store called The Byte Shop ordered 50 units, Wozniak and Jobs attracted the funding to start Apple Computer.
Computer History Museum
Mountain View, CA
(6885)
Computer History Museum in Mountain View California
1401 N Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View, CA
(650) 810-1010
The world's largest history museum for the preservation and presentation of artifacts and stories of the Information Age located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Picture Taken by Michael Kappel (Me)
View the high resolution Image on my photography website
Follow Me on my Tumblr.com Photo Blog
22nd Internet Identity Workshop, at the amazing Computer History Museum, in downtown Silicon Valley.
Computer History Museum in Mountain View California
1401 N Shoreline Blvd
Mountain View, CA
(650) 810-1010
The world's largest history museum for the preservation and presentation of artifacts and stories of the Information Age located in the heart of Silicon Valley.
Picture Taken by Michael Kappel (Me)
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Follow Me on my Tumblr.com Photo Blog
The SAGE computerized air defense system allowed its operators to interpret radar information about potential airborne military threats and to relay that information for targeting by fighter planes.
The SAGE system was significant because it was one of the earliest computer systems to include a display. This allowed the user to more easily interpret the data being processed by the system.
The SAGE is also an example of innovation in computer history made possible by government applications.
Phil Windley having his face prepared for a video interview at the 22nd Internet Identity Workshop, at the amazing Computer History Museum, in downtown Silicon Valley.
Mastering the Game: A History of Computer Chess
www.computerhistory.org/chess/
Computer History Museum
Mountain View, CA
(6941)