The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a museum of computer history, located in Mountain View, California. The museum presents stories and artifacts of

Computer History Museum. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2019. "1964 – First Commercial MOS IC Introduced". Computer History

The history of computing hardware covers the developments from early simple devices to aid calculation to modern day computers. The first aids to computation

The Computer Museum was a Boston, Massachusetts, museum that opened in 1979 and operated in three locations until 1999. It was once referred to as TCM

Demonstrated". The Silicon Engine. Computer History Museum. "1953: Whirlwind computer debuts core memory". Computer History Museum. Retrieved 2 August 2019. "1966:

The Computer History Museum has two operational IBM 1401 computers used for demos but one of the printers stopped working a few weeks ago. This blog post…

Accept cookies? We use cookies to give you the best online experience and to show personalised content and marketing. We use them to improve our website …

Last night, Rae and I attended a member reception at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. We’ve long been members of the museum and …

Dr Monro specializes in nettle plants, and studied them, eg, in China, where he discovered new species. Also in Central America; like in an expedition fr…

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For an introduction to Computer History Wiki conventions, and MediaWiki syntax (if you want to help add content), please see Help. Introduction by the Ad…

Bus In computer architecture, a bus is a subsystem that transfers data or power between computer components inside a computer or between computers and ty…

Bit A bit is the smallest, and fundamental, unit of information. A bit can have only two values, '0' or '1' (or 'true' or 'false'). The standard abbrevia…

Emulation VMS and OpenVMS can be run on SIMH's VAX simulators. OpenVMS can also run on ES 40 Emulator which will run the Alpha version. Although VMS is s…

It was created by the Canadian company Quantum Software Systems (which was later renamed QNX Software Systems). It was used as the OS for the Unisys ICON…

Com Com started out as an i8080 emulator for CP/M running on the 68000 cpu, running CP/M. At the time all the OS calls were handed down to the native OS.…

Muddle Muddle was a LISP-like programming language created in 1971 by/for the Dynamic Modeling group at Project MAC, initally in cooperation with the AI …

It was inspired by EMACS, but differs from that it in is 'moded' (i.e. in one mode, characters typed on the keyboard are inserted into the buffer; in the…

32V is the first 32-bit version of UNIX created by Bell Labs. 32V is basically a 32bit version of Seventh Edition Unixported to the VAX. While not the fi…

Intel 80286 The Intel 80286 (often given as 286 or i286; Intel documentation often refers to the iAPX286, although it is not clear if the latter term ref…

Interference Interference is the term often used for the subset of noise which is not natural, but comes from other electrical systems; e.g. crosstalk, o…

The R80 Disk Drive is a non-removable-media disk drive from DEC; its capacity was 124 Mbytes. It could support either 16- or 18-bit words, and was intern…

Direct current Direct current (often abbreviated as DC) refers to the current (and thus voltage) pattern used in one of the two main methods of carrying …

General Electric General Electric built a range of computers in the early years of computers: smaller computers for military and aerospace applications; …

The name comes from the way they indicate which disk blocks of the disk are used by any given file , and which blocks are free and available for use - the…

Acknowledgement In networking, an acknowledgement (oftern shortened to ack) is a packet (or information contained in a packet) which indicates that some …

Five generations was planned; the uni-processor first generation was intended to have about the processing power of a CDC 7600, but in actuality fell sho…

Cathode ray tube A cathode ray tube (usually CRT for short) is a now-obsolete display technology that was the mainstay of visual output devices for a cen…

Experience, and improved production technology, allowed the amount of circuitry in ICs to increase rapidly. Initial ICs, in the early 1960s, so-called Sm…

Contents Dialects There are two popular dialects, the original was K&R C, which spread with the original C compiler, and pcc, the portable C compiler. La…

Alternating current Alternating current (often abbreviated as AC) refers to the voltage (and thus the current) pattern used in one of the two main method…

It consists of a ceramic or plastic package, with the actual IC inside, with the leads led out to two rows of metal 'legs' on either side of the package …

It consists of uni-directional point-point links, all running between an interface on each host (called 'nodes' in the CI system) and a 'coupler'. The ne…

Bus Address Register The Bus Address Register (BAR for short; sometimes called the Memory Address Register or MAR) is an internal register in most CPUs w…

Work on it started in early 1973; it went into experimental service in early 1974, and by 1976 about 30 sites on the ARPANET were using it. It was later …

It is historically important, as one of the very earliest TCP/IP implementations (although its origins date back to before the separation of TCP and IP i…

CPU/Memory Interconnect VAX-11/750 system block diagram, showing how the CMI ties together the major /750 functional units The CPU/Memory Interconnect (o…

DIGITAL Command Language DIGITAL Command Language (DCL for short) is the standard command language adopted by most of the operating systems that were sol…

Programmable Logic Array Programmable Logic Array (usually referred to by the acronym, PLA) is the name for a chips which contain a class of configurable…

Programmable Array Logic Programmable Array Logic (usually referred to by the acronym, PAL) is the name for a variety of chips which contain a class of c…

Control Data Corporation Control Data Corporation (usually given as the acronym, CDC) was a company which had its main strengths in mainframes, and later…

Run-length limited coding Run-length limited coding (often abbreviated to RLL) is the name for a group of coding system in which a group of N data bits i…

The controller contains intelligence to perform detailed I/O handling tasks such as: controlling the physical functions of an I/O device, transferring da…

A Terminal Interface Processor ( TIP , for short) was a customized IMP variant added to the ARPANET not too long after it was initially deployed. In addit…

Synchronous Backplane Interconnect The Synchronous Backplane Interconnect (sometimes given as the acronym, SBI) was the high-speed bus which connected th…

As computer history finally gets to sit at the adults’ table, sidling into an empty chair and looking around nervously, it’s up to us living in the presen…

Museums of History NSW cares for, and provides access to, significant historic places, collections and archives in NSW and is responsible for promoting k…

YSU History Museum named after Professor Ludwig Gharibjanyan About the museum The Museum of History of Yerevan State University is the first, largest, an…

We are currently experiencing an issue for some international users with our online ticket store. If you are unable to complete your order, please email …

BE ADVISED: International ticket buyers have been experiencing intermittent issues with our online ticketing system. If you are unable to complete your o…

BE ADVISED: International ticket buyers have been experiencing intermittent issues with our online ticketing system. If you are unable to complete your o…

Domain Navigation The Pond Where there's water, there's life. Discover the animals and native plants that thrive here. Teeming with wildlife, the Sarah M…

Museum scientists are examining fish guts to understand the pervasiveness and types of plastics invading California waters over time, which may help us u…

We are currently experiencing an issue for some international users with our online ticket store. If you are unable to complete your order, please email …

Domain Navigation Wild L.A. Wild L.A.: Explore the Amazing Nature In and Around Los Angeles We've created a new kind of nature guide, and it's time share…

BE ADVISED: International ticket buyers have been experiencing intermittent issues with our online ticketing system. If you are unable to complete your o…

BE ADVISED: International ticket buyers have been experiencing intermittent issues with our online ticketing system. If you are unable to complete your o…

We are currently experiencing an issue for some international users with our online ticket store. If you are unable to complete your order, please email …

Breadcrumb Accessibility Section pages We aim to make NHM an exciting, educational, and enjoyable experience for everyone. If you have any questions abou…

Breadcrumb Dinosaur Hall General Info Dinosaurs were a specialized group of land reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic Era, between 252 million and 66 …

Stay up to Date Menu Navigation Tips The following menu has 2 levels.Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menus.Use up and down arrow keys t…

First concentration camps began appearing in Moscow in the fall of 1918. Famous places of worship, such as Rozhdestvensky, Ivanovsky, Pokrovsky, Novospas…

The Aptos History Museum began in the 1980s when Carolyn Swift, the curator of the Capitola Museum, gave a photograph of the Aptos Railroad Station to Joh…

Footer Menu Navigation Tips The following menu has 2 levels.Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menus.Use up and down arrow keys to explore…

Time Out says A staple of London’s winter activities scene returns to us from October – but it’ll be your last time to enjoy its icy charms. The ice rink…

First Tuesday Talk Explorer's Club Women's Tea Thank you for attending and supporting the Coos History Museum Annual Fundraiser held on October 28th, 202…

Our Natural History Museum Offers… Tours, programmes and activities designed to stimulate an interest in the biological sciences and disseminate informat…

Find your next job Careers at the Natural History Museum Our more than 1,000 staff are united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. W…

Accept cookies? We use cookies to give you the best online experience and to show personalised content and marketing. We use them to improve our website …

Accept cookies? We use cookies to give you the best online experience and to show personalised content and marketing. We use them to improve our website …

The Computer History Archives Project recently posted two 1998 Sony promotional videos, showing the manufacturing process for Trinitron CRTs. It also des…

A glimpse into the past The Croatian National Historical Museum receives its first budget during the Banovina of Croatia, but it is still not an independ…

GET INSPIRED FEEL EMPOWERED SHARE THEIR STORIES Celebrate Black History Month 365 There are missing pages in the history books. Where are the important s…

The museum was founded by John Hardie, Sean Kelly, and Joe Santulli, the creators of the enormously successful Classic Gaming Expo. Long before there was…

Join us Sunday, May 12 for Mother's DayEnjoy special activities including a yoga, Gemstone Bingo, and DIY seed paper cards.Learn More Transformation High…

Privacy Overview This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are …

About us People’s History Museum is about creating a fairer world for everyone and we represent those working to achieve this. People’s History Museum (P…

We use cookies to give you the best experience and to show personalised content and marketing. We use them to improve our website and content as well as …

Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s–70s City on Fire: Chicago 1871 A rapidly growing city built of wood. A summer-long heat wave. An e…

History It started as an idea, and grew into an institution Our history The idea for this institution came from an artist collaborative called Praxis (Br…

About the American Textile History Museum The American Textile History Museum, which was located in Lowell, Massachusetts, was dedicated to capturing the…

General Info Wonder takes flight at the Museum! Walk among beautiful butterflies in our seasonal Butterfly Pavilion. This springtime exhibition features …

Membership Natural History Mystery Game Like puzzles and games? Book a time to experience the new Natural History Mystery Game at the museum for your gro…

Women's History Is American History Womens History Homepage We know women have been making history for centuries but their stories are missing from the w…

Vintage Computer Federation Mission Our mission is to preserve computing history through education, outreach, conservation, and restoration. We strive to…

The National History Museum (NHM) in Lahore which opened to the public in July 2018, is Pakistan’s first digitally interactive museum. SOC Films produced …

History in a New Light Plimoth Patuxet Museums brings to life the history of Plymouth Colony and the Indigenous homeland. Major exhibits include the Hist…

Digital Art Museum DAM: An Online Resource for the History and Practice of Digital Art Digital Art Museum DAM is an online resource for the history and p…

LUC Athletics Visits Black History Museum The Rambler Alliance for Equity (RAE), a group within Loyola Athletics, brought LUC student athletes, coaches, …

Museum Hours and Locations ALERT: The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History will be CLOSED …

These Online MUSEUMS are dedicated to the PRESERVATION of TELEGRAPH, RADIO and SCIENTIFIC History, Instrumentation: and Lore since time gradually makes f…

National Historical Museums National Historical Museums is tasked with promoting knowledge of and interest in Sweden’s history and with preserving and de…

The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a museum of computer history, located in Mountain View, California. The museum presents stories and artifacts of

Computer History Museum. Archived from the original on 10 March 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2019. "1964 – First Commercial MOS IC Introduced". Computer History

The history of computing hardware covers the developments from early simple devices to aid calculation to modern day computers. The first aids to computation

The Computer Museum was a Boston, Massachusetts, museum that opened in 1979 and operated in three locations until 1999. It was once referred to as TCM

Demonstrated". The Silicon Engine. Computer History Museum. "1953: Whirlwind computer debuts core memory". Computer History Museum. Retrieved 2 August 2019. "1966:

The Computer History Museum has two operational IBM 1401 computers used for demos but one of the printers stopped working a few weeks ago. This blog post…

Accept cookies? We use cookies to give you the best online experience and to show personalised content and marketing. We use them to improve our website …

Last night, Rae and I attended a member reception at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. We’ve long been members of the museum and …

Dr Monro specializes in nettle plants, and studied them, eg, in China, where he discovered new species. Also in Central America; like in an expedition fr…

Saved searches Use saved searches to filter your results more quickly You signed in with another tab or window. Reload to refresh your session.You signed…

For an introduction to Computer History Wiki conventions, and MediaWiki syntax (if you want to help add content), please see Help. Introduction by the Ad…

Bus In computer architecture, a bus is a subsystem that transfers data or power between computer components inside a computer or between computers and ty…

Bit A bit is the smallest, and fundamental, unit of information. A bit can have only two values, '0' or '1' (or 'true' or 'false'). The standard abbrevia…

Emulation VMS and OpenVMS can be run on SIMH's VAX simulators. OpenVMS can also run on ES 40 Emulator which will run the Alpha version. Although VMS is s…

It was created by the Canadian company Quantum Software Systems (which was later renamed QNX Software Systems). It was used as the OS for the Unisys ICON…

Com Com started out as an i8080 emulator for CP/M running on the 68000 cpu, running CP/M. At the time all the OS calls were handed down to the native OS.…

Muddle Muddle was a LISP-like programming language created in 1971 by/for the Dynamic Modeling group at Project MAC, initally in cooperation with the AI …

It was inspired by EMACS, but differs from that it in is 'moded' (i.e. in one mode, characters typed on the keyboard are inserted into the buffer; in the…

32V is the first 32-bit version of UNIX created by Bell Labs. 32V is basically a 32bit version of Seventh Edition Unixported to the VAX. While not the fi…

Intel 80286 The Intel 80286 (often given as 286 or i286; Intel documentation often refers to the iAPX286, although it is not clear if the latter term ref…

Interference Interference is the term often used for the subset of noise which is not natural, but comes from other electrical systems; e.g. crosstalk, o…

The R80 Disk Drive is a non-removable-media disk drive from DEC; its capacity was 124 Mbytes. It could support either 16- or 18-bit words, and was intern…

Direct current Direct current (often abbreviated as DC) refers to the current (and thus voltage) pattern used in one of the two main methods of carrying …

General Electric General Electric built a range of computers in the early years of computers: smaller computers for military and aerospace applications; …

The name comes from the way they indicate which disk blocks of the disk are used by any given file , and which blocks are free and available for use - the…

Acknowledgement In networking, an acknowledgement (oftern shortened to ack) is a packet (or information contained in a packet) which indicates that some …

Five generations was planned; the uni-processor first generation was intended to have about the processing power of a CDC 7600, but in actuality fell sho…

Cathode ray tube A cathode ray tube (usually CRT for short) is a now-obsolete display technology that was the mainstay of visual output devices for a cen…

Experience, and improved production technology, allowed the amount of circuitry in ICs to increase rapidly. Initial ICs, in the early 1960s, so-called Sm…

Contents Dialects There are two popular dialects, the original was K&R C, which spread with the original C compiler, and pcc, the portable C compiler. La…

Alternating current Alternating current (often abbreviated as AC) refers to the voltage (and thus the current) pattern used in one of the two main method…

It consists of a ceramic or plastic package, with the actual IC inside, with the leads led out to two rows of metal 'legs' on either side of the package …

It consists of uni-directional point-point links, all running between an interface on each host (called 'nodes' in the CI system) and a 'coupler'. The ne…

Bus Address Register The Bus Address Register (BAR for short; sometimes called the Memory Address Register or MAR) is an internal register in most CPUs w…

Work on it started in early 1973; it went into experimental service in early 1974, and by 1976 about 30 sites on the ARPANET were using it. It was later …

It is historically important, as one of the very earliest TCP/IP implementations (although its origins date back to before the separation of TCP and IP i…

CPU/Memory Interconnect VAX-11/750 system block diagram, showing how the CMI ties together the major /750 functional units The CPU/Memory Interconnect (o…

DIGITAL Command Language DIGITAL Command Language (DCL for short) is the standard command language adopted by most of the operating systems that were sol…

Programmable Logic Array Programmable Logic Array (usually referred to by the acronym, PLA) is the name for a chips which contain a class of configurable…

Programmable Array Logic Programmable Array Logic (usually referred to by the acronym, PAL) is the name for a variety of chips which contain a class of c…

Control Data Corporation Control Data Corporation (usually given as the acronym, CDC) was a company which had its main strengths in mainframes, and later…

Run-length limited coding Run-length limited coding (often abbreviated to RLL) is the name for a group of coding system in which a group of N data bits i…

The controller contains intelligence to perform detailed I/O handling tasks such as: controlling the physical functions of an I/O device, transferring da…

A Terminal Interface Processor ( TIP , for short) was a customized IMP variant added to the ARPANET not too long after it was initially deployed. In addit…

Synchronous Backplane Interconnect The Synchronous Backplane Interconnect (sometimes given as the acronym, SBI) was the high-speed bus which connected th…

As computer history finally gets to sit at the adults’ table, sidling into an empty chair and looking around nervously, it’s up to us living in the presen…

Museums of History NSW cares for, and provides access to, significant historic places, collections and archives in NSW and is responsible for promoting k…

YSU History Museum named after Professor Ludwig Gharibjanyan About the museum The Museum of History of Yerevan State University is the first, largest, an…

We are currently experiencing an issue for some international users with our online ticket store. If you are unable to complete your order, please email …

BE ADVISED: International ticket buyers have been experiencing intermittent issues with our online ticketing system. If you are unable to complete your o…

BE ADVISED: International ticket buyers have been experiencing intermittent issues with our online ticketing system. If you are unable to complete your o…

Domain Navigation The Pond Where there's water, there's life. Discover the animals and native plants that thrive here. Teeming with wildlife, the Sarah M…

Museum scientists are examining fish guts to understand the pervasiveness and types of plastics invading California waters over time, which may help us u…

We are currently experiencing an issue for some international users with our online ticket store. If you are unable to complete your order, please email …

Domain Navigation Wild L.A. Wild L.A.: Explore the Amazing Nature In and Around Los Angeles We've created a new kind of nature guide, and it's time share…

BE ADVISED: International ticket buyers have been experiencing intermittent issues with our online ticketing system. If you are unable to complete your o…

BE ADVISED: International ticket buyers have been experiencing intermittent issues with our online ticketing system. If you are unable to complete your o…

We are currently experiencing an issue for some international users with our online ticket store. If you are unable to complete your order, please email …

Breadcrumb Accessibility Section pages We aim to make NHM an exciting, educational, and enjoyable experience for everyone. If you have any questions abou…

Breadcrumb Dinosaur Hall General Info Dinosaurs were a specialized group of land reptiles that lived during the Mesozoic Era, between 252 million and 66 …

Stay up to Date Menu Navigation Tips The following menu has 2 levels.Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menus.Use up and down arrow keys t…

First concentration camps began appearing in Moscow in the fall of 1918. Famous places of worship, such as Rozhdestvensky, Ivanovsky, Pokrovsky, Novospas…

The Aptos History Museum began in the 1980s when Carolyn Swift, the curator of the Capitola Museum, gave a photograph of the Aptos Railroad Station to Joh…

Footer Menu Navigation Tips The following menu has 2 levels.Use left and right arrow keys to navigate between menus.Use up and down arrow keys to explore…

Time Out says A staple of London’s winter activities scene returns to us from October – but it’ll be your last time to enjoy its icy charms. The ice rink…

First Tuesday Talk Explorer's Club Women's Tea Thank you for attending and supporting the Coos History Museum Annual Fundraiser held on October 28th, 202…

Our Natural History Museum Offers… Tours, programmes and activities designed to stimulate an interest in the biological sciences and disseminate informat…

Find your next job Careers at the Natural History Museum Our more than 1,000 staff are united by our vision of a future where people and planet thrive. W…

Accept cookies? We use cookies to give you the best online experience and to show personalised content and marketing. We use them to improve our website …

Accept cookies? We use cookies to give you the best online experience and to show personalised content and marketing. We use them to improve our website …

The Computer History Archives Project recently posted two 1998 Sony promotional videos, showing the manufacturing process for Trinitron CRTs. It also des…

A glimpse into the past The Croatian National Historical Museum receives its first budget during the Banovina of Croatia, but it is still not an independ…

GET INSPIRED FEEL EMPOWERED SHARE THEIR STORIES Celebrate Black History Month 365 There are missing pages in the history books. Where are the important s…

The museum was founded by John Hardie, Sean Kelly, and Joe Santulli, the creators of the enormously successful Classic Gaming Expo. Long before there was…

Join us Sunday, May 12 for Mother's DayEnjoy special activities including a yoga, Gemstone Bingo, and DIY seed paper cards.Learn More Transformation High…

Privacy Overview This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are …

About us People’s History Museum is about creating a fairer world for everyone and we represent those working to achieve this. People’s History Museum (P…

We use cookies to give you the best experience and to show personalised content and marketing. We use them to improve our website and content as well as …

Designing for Change: Chicago Protest Art of the 1960s–70s City on Fire: Chicago 1871 A rapidly growing city built of wood. A summer-long heat wave. An e…

History It started as an idea, and grew into an institution Our history The idea for this institution came from an artist collaborative called Praxis (Br…

About the American Textile History Museum The American Textile History Museum, which was located in Lowell, Massachusetts, was dedicated to capturing the…

General Info Wonder takes flight at the Museum! Walk among beautiful butterflies in our seasonal Butterfly Pavilion. This springtime exhibition features …

Membership Natural History Mystery Game Like puzzles and games? Book a time to experience the new Natural History Mystery Game at the museum for your gro…

Women's History Is American History Womens History Homepage We know women have been making history for centuries but their stories are missing from the w…

Vintage Computer Federation Mission Our mission is to preserve computing history through education, outreach, conservation, and restoration. We strive to…

The National History Museum (NHM) in Lahore which opened to the public in July 2018, is Pakistan’s first digitally interactive museum. SOC Films produced …

History in a New Light Plimoth Patuxet Museums brings to life the history of Plymouth Colony and the Indigenous homeland. Major exhibits include the Hist…

Digital Art Museum DAM: An Online Resource for the History and Practice of Digital Art Digital Art Museum DAM is an online resource for the history and p…

LUC Athletics Visits Black History Museum The Rambler Alliance for Equity (RAE), a group within Loyola Athletics, brought LUC student athletes, coaches, …

Museum Hours and Locations ALERT: The National Museum of African American History and Culture and the National Museum of American History will be CLOSED …

These Online MUSEUMS are dedicated to the PRESERVATION of TELEGRAPH, RADIO and SCIENTIFIC History, Instrumentation: and Lore since time gradually makes f…

National Historical Museums National Historical Museums is tasked with promoting knowledge of and interest in Sweden’s history and with preserving and de…