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    As of 2007, are there any museums in the world dedicated to early computer and office technology?

    Question #76017. Asked by neon000. (Feb 18 07 8:25 AM)


    collect

    		From Wiki:
    The School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania has four of the original 40 panels of the ENIAC. The artifacts on display represent approximately 1/10th of its original size. The Smithsonian has 5 panels in the National Museum of American History in Washington D.C. The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California has a single panel on display. The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has four panels, salvaged by Arthur Burks. The U.S. Army Ordnance Museum (Aberdeen, Maryland) also holds some of the ENIAC.


    MIT also has some early computer technology on display -- including an analog computer.

    The calculations for artillery tables are mentioned by Richard Feynman as one of his first jobs, and the result was a pair of noncircular gears which were later made using numerical control machinery.


    Feb 18 07, 8:40 AM
    neon000

    		Thanks, collect.

    Feb 18 07, 12:49 PM

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