Yeah, was just coming here to mention the Alto. It's hard to describe the feeling of seeing one of those in-person and running. So much came from such a small machine.
If you're in Seattle the Living Computer Museum is a must-visit.
If you're in Seattle the Living Computer Museum is a must-visit.
The museum is shockingly liberal with what they let kids touch, so when I take him upstairs to the historic collection I'm always terrified that he'll break something. Fortunately a lot of that gear from the 60's was built to last and is intimidating to little kids... for example, their punch card reader is bigger than a copy machine, and volunteers hand out earplugs before running it.