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October 21, 2008

The Monash Computer Musuem

I don't normally drop by Monash University, Caulfield Campus. Today, I did and happened to chance by the Monash Museum of Computing History. It's open 9-5, weekdays, no one around, just students passing by the glass cases on the way to their assignments and classes. I didn't know it was there or that my friend, Stephen Dart, had donated his Vax to the display (how on earth would Stephen keep a Vax at home?)

Having a look at the exhibits brings back lots of memories of my undergraduate days and the early part of my working career. You'll find classics like the Apple ][ and the IBM PC, revel at the really little CRT of the Osborne (I think the LCD displays of these new point and shoot digicams have even more resolution and are bigger). The Lisa is there, the DEC line printer that produced those FOOBAR printouts of my 20 line FORTRAN programs.

Of course, there is the venerable Ferranti Sirius, part of an IBM 370. You gotta have a look - it's free.

Posted by Anandasim at October 21, 2008 07:39 PM

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