From what I understand they absorbed many of the physical assets from the
Boston computer museum .

They are doing on a larger scale what we are doing here in Arizona,  It
would be prohibitive to air condition a Large Hanger here in
Phoenix/Glendale!

Ed Sharpe Archivist for smecc
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Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 11:54 AM
Subject: Re: Keyboards in exhibits


> Brian--
>
> Thanks for the compliment about the Intel museum, Tim Ventimiglia and I
> designed it in 1999--  small world.
>
> Shat you are looking for is the Computer History Museum, have you seen
them?
>
> We talked a bunch to them when working on Intel, and as far as I
understand
> they are basically the only place that has consistently archived
> technologies as they have come and gone.  Their collection is incredible,
> including the first prototype mouse developed at Xerox PARC, and goes back
> as far as the 1870's census computer.
>
> I have heard that they just opened their collection as open storage, so
its
> semi open to the public, but their website www.computerhistory.org/ is a
> great substitute, check out the timeline.
>
> Best,
> Jake
>
>
>
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>
> >From: human being <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: Museum discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Keyboards in exhibits
> >Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2003 20:41:59 -0500
> >
> >  Thank you Elizabeth for the exhibit information. The Intel Museum
> >  in San Jose is also a great place, as is the Tech Museum there.
> >  This made me wonder if maybe such collections do exist privately,
> >  either within corporations or CEOs or others who are in the industry
> >  and helped develop the technologies used today. There are many
> >  computer  collections online (see electronetwork.org/exhibits) yet
> >  I've not searched how specialized these may be. I am interested in
> >  the archaeological aspect of today's technologies that rapidly become
> >  obsolete with the next years technology. Maybe they are all in land-
> >  fills, yet I hope someone saves a few of each, as someday I believe
> >  they will be in fine art museums, as moving from pen to keyboard is
> >  a big leap mapped onto many other, related events. Thanks. Brian
> >  bc microsite http://www.electronetwork.org/bc/
> >  ~e-list http://www.electronetwork.org/list/
> >
> >On Friday, August 22, 2003, at 11:29  AM, Elizabeth Walton wrote:
> >
> >>There is an exhibit in the Smithsonian Museum of American History
> >>following the evolution of computers with some great artifacts
> >>(including the first apple computer, the one built in a garage).
> >>
> >>Elizabeth Walton
> >>www.clotheslinejournal.com
> >>
> >>
> >>-------Original Message-------
> >>From: human being <[log in to unmask]>
> >>Sent: 08/21/03 08:28 PM
> >>To: [log in to unmask]
> >>Subject: Re: Keyboards in exhibits
> >>
> >>>
> >>>   does anyone know if there has ever been an exhibit of
> >>
> >>   'keyboards' themselves, as artifacts? such as their changes
> >>
> >>   from typewriters to computing, a wall of keyboard designs?
> >>
> >>   thanks for any info. brian
> >
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