🛠️🍏 Next week, our volunteer Andrés will begin assembling a museum replica of the Apple I computer. It's an "open lab," so feel free to get hands-on, as it will take place in the classroom on the 1st floor. All are welcome!
Would you like to hear what the radio transmission of the game sounds like? 📻 Here's a recording for those who missed it. 🎙️ PS. You can also record the game from this video. 📹
40 years later, a game for the ZX Spectrum will be once again broadcast over FM radio! 📻 Anyone who still has a working Spectrum ZX will then be able to test the game. 🎮 Those who do not have one can do so at the museum or online. 💻
📻 We are broadcasting a ZX Spectrum game over the air in collaboration with Radio Student! This week marks Radio Student's 55th anniversary, and they were among the European stations broadcasting computer programs over the radio in the 1980s, a tradition we are reviving. The game being aired is Kontrabant 2, originally released by Radio Student in 1984. 🎮
🧠💻 This isn't just a personal organizer - this little HP 200LX (1994) means business, boasting a 7.91 MHz 80186 processor and running the MS-DOS operating system 🤩
🧼💾 An unused cleaning kit for 5.25'' and 3.5'' disk drives. The liquid, we fear, may have evaporated by now. There's also the question of whether the material in the cleaning disks is still in a condition that we'd dare bring it into contact with the drive head 😅
📚🔑 This is one of the first USB flash drives - the IBM DiskOnKey - with a capacity of 8 MB, equivalent to over 5 floppy disks 💾 And yes, it still works, we tested it 😍
Sharp's innovative pocket PCs ran on BASIC, allowing users to write programs, load from tapes, and even check email. They connected to phones, enabling journalists to read email from payphones. Equipped with serial ports, they facilitated data transfer with printers and computers, and some even had built-in printers! 🖨️
🖥️ Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI), was a pioneering company in the field of computer graphics and high-performance computing. Founded in 1981, SGI's innovative work in visualization and 3D graphics technology revolutionized various industries, including entertainment🎬 and scientific research.
Macintosh SE paired with an Apple Keyboard (not part of its original shipment). 🖥️🍎 On the "wanted" poster are the Apple devices sought after for inclusion in the museum's collection. 🏛️📜
The Robotron A5120 is a historic East German computer produced in the 1980s by VEB Robotron. 🚀 You might recall spotting it in the thrilling #deutschland83 TV series. ✨
SCO UNIX 🐧 emerged as the heir to Santa Cruz Operation's adaptation of Microsoft Xenix, 🚀 blending UNIX System V Release 3.2 with Xenix's device drivers and utilities. 🛠️ Released in 1989, SCO UNIX System V/386 Release 3.2.0 marked the commercial evolution from SCO Xenix.
The Commodore 64 🕹️, a symbol of the 1980s computer revolution 🚀, with 64KB of RAM and a 1.023 MHz processor, transformed home computing 🌍. Its vast library of games 🎮 shaped the gaming industry, and its enduring legacy continues with ongoing enthusiast support 💾.
🌈➕ Exciting news! We've acquired the first specimen of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ (1984)! Functionally identical to its predecessor, it features a keyboard akin to the Sinclair QL. Improvements over the original include a reset button, legs, larger enter and space keys, and directional arrows! 🤯