Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Wed, 25 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 24 Dec 2024 22:57:10 +0100, D wrote:
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In a small annex to the main library in Stockholm, they used to have a
small computer history museum with about 10 old mini computers. I always
wondered what happened with those. I don't think this small mini museum
still exists and I do pray the machines were not thrown away, but
perhaps exist in a storage area somewhere!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Computer_Museum,_Boston
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Hopefully most of the collection survived. That's not always the case.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steamtown,_U.S.A.
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I never went to the Pennsylvania site but a good deal of the collection
was sold off. I'm not a gambler so the main attraction for me in Reno was
the gun collection at Harold's Club. The collection was sold off.
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https://gunshopguide.com/roaring-camp-gun-collection-harolds-club/
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It isn't in that list but they had a punt gun.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punt_gun
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Harrah's car collection was also dispersed although the National Auto
Museum is worthwhile. They have one of Harrah's creations, a Jerrari. It's
a '77 Jeep Wagoneer with a V-12 engine from a Ferrari 365. Harrah didn't
like to waste time motoring around the desert.
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I love the small town museums and hope they make it to the future. They
tend to have very idiosyncratic collections of old stuff stuffed in the
corners. They're much more fun than the antiseptic museums designed by
professionals. They seem to be aimed at people taking videos on their cell
phones as they walk through rapidly.

This is the truth! However, my wife gets angry with me when we go to museum. She frequently complains "do you have to read everything and watch everything? We'll be stuck here for _hours_!" so it is better for me to go by myself, because then I can take my time and not run through the museum missing at least half of the items. ;)