Photo review Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley

Apple-1 with the signature of Wozniak, 1976. I had a

chance to visit Silicon Valley. Visits to the legendary valley left a lot of pleasant impressions, but of course, nature was the most memorable: the constantly warm sunny valley, cold San Francisco, mountains, and the blue ocean. Then there are roads with autobahns on 7 lanes one way and incredible interchanges, surfers in Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz, downhill skiing on Taho lake, concerts of Metallica and Soundgarden, smelly homeless people on the streets and fast trams (cable car).
You can write a separate article about each of these items. But still Silicon Valley is famous for computer affairs. Somehow, after a walk on the Google campus in one of the neighboring streets, the Computer History Museum was noticed, which I soon, adjusting to a not-so-convenient schedule, visited. Of the visited offices of various large companies and other museums, the computer history museum is perhaps the most “bright”.
Under the cut, I suggest enjoying photos of computer history gizmos with a brief description.

Last update : Added 6 more photos.

We go in: The


journey begins with a Bebidge machine , which, apparently, due to its size, had nowhere else to stick:




Whatever scientific value this ancient calculator had, but whenspecially trained aunt twists the handle , and all the details begin to move in time, it is impossible to come off! About the car, I still remember that someone, like someone from Google’s founders, ordered it to be put at home, but then she didn’t fit in and he handed it to the museum so far he won’t find a place.

The beginning of the historical part is not very interesting as for me. Because there are sextants, logarithmic tables, parts smart tkatsikih machines , etc .:


it becomes more interesting near the almost unique in the world the rest of Enigma :



the GPS the Analog Computer, 1950
Analog computer General firms Precision Systems (GPS)

is followed by some incredible aggregates:



JOHNNIAC

In the mix with all the little things:

Core memory

Radar for military affairs:

If the dot on the radar did not please the operator, he poked a hammer in it (under the glass), then called somewhere on the phone on the neighboring unit and read the data that appeared to them. And after a while ... the point went out.

IBM 7030 :


Magnetic drum :


meter-diameter HDD (1960s):



Burroughs Disk Storage Unit-128 CHL I
did not find the specifications, but I assume that the volume is 128 MB.

Raid 2:


Legendary IBM 360 :


Google's first production server:


Cray :




There are even a couple of Soviet-Russian exhibits:

Master- One of the first Soviet computers, which was used mainly as a game console.
Technical characteristics:
RAM (memory) 16kb, 48kb, 128kb VZU - cassettes on magnetic tape.


Olympic-S The

excursion into history is coming to an end; more portable equipment is at the exit. For example, HP Vectra from the 80s:


Ends Apple-1 journey with Wozniak's signature: The






number of exhibits in the museum is much larger than in this photo review. So be in SF - be sure to take a day trip to Mountain View. At the same time, you can take a walk on the Google campus (they don’t let the locals go, but “face the brick” and forth).

Additional photos

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Update 1
Added 44 photos.

Update 2
Added a description of Sovdepovsky and Russian copies.

Update 3
Found the name of a huge HDD, added another photo.

Update 4
Filled in the video of the Babbage machine (link to the text “specially trained aunt twists the knob”).
Added history.

Update 5
Added 2 photos Apple-1
Changed the picture first picture
Signed GPS Analog Computer
Changed the title

Update 6:
Signed JOHNNIAC
Found another trip to the museum - added 6 more photos.