The SAGE project was surreal. The centers were enormous because the whirlwind-based vacuum tube (valve) computers were enormous. The whole project was right on the hairy edge of being practical.
Thank you so much for allowing me to see this! Visiting this institution would be prohibitive for me. I really appreciate you taking the time to create this video. I love your other videos too. Thanks youtooobaaah
Interesting place. A lot of the stuff brought back memories. My dad worked for Control Data Corporation at Edwards Air Force Base (NASA) for over 25 years and I remember going to work with him seeing a lot of those computer systems.
Did you end up programming or doing something related to computers? I am asking because I am curious how early exposure/introduction to computer affect career choices/interests
Thx for the video I remember going home from work on garbage day and passing something put to the curb. I immediately stopped and through it in reverse to see a DEC microvaxx 2 sitting there which I promptly brought home and put in my basement
When I was in college in the late 80’s one of the engineering classrooms had a large slide rule like the one in this museum for teaching how to use it. Even then we all thought it was old fashioned - now most people don’t even know what it is.
Paul Allen created a private computer museum in a multistory building in Seattle's warehouse district. My daughter worked for him and got me a private multi-hour tour in 2011.. I'd worked in the industry since 1970 and it was a kick seeing IBM 360 mainframes, RISC machines, DEC VAX, PDP and DEC-10 clusters, Sun and other UNIX workstations, on and on. My host, a freak in a kilt, was amazed at how many of these machines - most of them up and running - I had worked on. After Allen's death his sister closed the museum, which had never really been open to the public anyway.
@NoBody-xg1wg NoBody, Paul Allen's .museum in SeatleSeattle WAS open to the public.....I visited there and even have a video about it. But as you said, it is now closed and the artifacts sold off.
@NoBody-xg1wg No doubt you are correct, but it was open to the public for a while (when I visited), and at that time it was clearly intended to be accessed by the public.
Great video, found 2 texas instrument sr-50s in a charity shop a few years ago, they were the first hand held scientific calculators in the UK. No price on them, and I told the lady, that they shouldn't just be left on a table, as to a collector, they'd pay quite a bit of money for them, she asked me how much and I said I wasn't sure, but I only had a couple of pounds on me, and that was certainly not enough. She sold me one for £1, and put the other one aside to look into looking elsewhere. Still got it and it still works well
Thank you for the video. I'm very passionate about computer technologies and plan to visit the museum this year. Could you recommend anything for those planning to visit? 🙂🙂🙂
Great, faelouse display of Computer history. Lo´s to explore exordinairy systems. Mechanical calculators, early electronic computers wich only expert now how to operate. Micro developmentl Some of those punch cards Paul Allen % Bill Gates used for their basic programing. Little interactive, some systems working would malke it more exciting to display. Nice tour, thank you for your effort !
The SAGE project was surreal. The centers were enormous because the whirlwind-based vacuum tube (valve) computers were enormous.
The whole project was right on the hairy edge of being practical.
Thank you so much for allowing me to see this! Visiting this institution would be prohibitive for me. I really appreciate you taking the time to create this video. I love your other videos too. Thanks youtooobaaah
"Software theater" .. I've worked on some projects like that .. Thanks for the overview of the museum, hopefully i may see it in person some day.
I have an SGI O2! It was a great platform in the 1990's with it's RISC based processing and high-end Computer Graphics!
Thank you for another great video series.
Interesting place. A lot of the stuff brought back memories. My dad worked for Control Data Corporation at Edwards Air Force Base (NASA) for over 25 years and I remember going to work with him seeing a lot of those computer systems.
Did you end up programming or doing something related to computers? I am asking because I am curious how early exposure/introduction to computer affect career choices/interests
@3227998 no, I went into county government. Just retired after 31 years.
Thx for the video I remember going home from work on garbage day and passing something put to the curb. I immediately stopped and through it in reverse to see a DEC microvaxx 2 sitting there which I promptly brought home and put in my basement
When I was in college in the late 80’s one of the engineering classrooms had a large slide rule like the one in this museum for teaching how to use it. Even then we all thought it was old fashioned - now most people don’t even know what it is.
That was an amazing tour, thank you. Great for someone like me who's not in The States.
Danke fürs Hochladen 👍
Paul Allen created a private computer museum in a multistory building in Seattle's warehouse district. My daughter worked for him and got me a private multi-hour tour in 2011.. I'd worked in the industry since 1970 and it was a kick seeing IBM 360 mainframes, RISC machines, DEC VAX, PDP and DEC-10 clusters, Sun and other UNIX workstations, on and on. My host, a freak in a kilt, was amazed at how many of these machines - most of them up and running - I had worked on. After Allen's death his sister closed the museum, which had never really been open to the public anyway.
@NoBody-xg1wg NoBody, Paul Allen's .museum in SeatleSeattle WAS open to the public.....I visited there and even have a video about it. But as you said, it is now closed and the artifacts sold off.
@@youtuuba it sure wasn't open to the public when I was there !!!
@NoBody-xg1wg No doubt you are correct, but it was open to the public for a while (when I visited), and at that time it was clearly intended to be accessed by the public.
Great video, found 2 texas instrument sr-50s in a charity shop a few years ago, they were the first hand held scientific calculators in the UK. No price on them, and I told the lady, that they shouldn't just be left on a table, as to a collector, they'd pay quite a bit of money for them, she asked me how much and I said I wasn't sure, but I only had a couple of pounds on me, and that was certainly not enough. She sold me one for £1, and put the other one aside to look into looking elsewhere. Still got it and it still works well
Thank you for the video. I'm very passionate about computer technologies and plan to visit the museum this year. Could you recommend anything for those planning to visit? 🙂🙂🙂
Interesting.... no mention of NCR's mainframe systems. Starting off with the 315 and going on to the NCR Century and Centurion.
Mike Senger, I think I 'mentioned' all the computers I saw there, and I don't recall seeing any NCR mainframes........
@@youtuuba I know you did. I should have mentioned that I was surprised that they were not mentioned
@@CincyMike , I am still confused. You know I did what?
Thank you for the tour, it was interesting. I'm glad to see the trash 80, but no Apple IIe. I recognize the palm pilot from my first PA in college.
Thank you :)
Don't you just love a day out with youtuba , just like being there
Hard to take your « History » seriously when you overlook the Wang Loci , 700 and the 2200
Great, faelouse display of Computer history. Lo´s to explore exordinairy systems. Mechanical calculators, early electronic computers wich only expert now how to operate. Micro developmentl Some of those punch cards Paul Allen % Bill Gates used for their basic programing. Little interactive, some systems working would malke it more exciting to display. Nice tour, thank you for your effort !
Those early pacemakers were horrible, stretching out the skin of the user, but worked till the battery became useless.