« BackComputer History Museum Launches Digital Portal to Its Collectioncomputerhistory.orgSubmitted by ChrisArchitect 4 hours ago
  • hoofedear 8 minutes ago

    This is really awesome. The CHM is one of my favorite places in the world. I had applied for a web developer position there not too long ago, great to see them expand things online like this

    • belter a minute ago

      This one has always been a favorite: https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-two-napkin-protocol/

      • runamuck 13 minutes ago

        Ooh check out the Discovery wall! I see a Furby, a Power Glove (call AVGN) and a Ninja Turtles NES Game: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/discovery

        • frsandstone an hour ago

          Very cool stuff.

          Vintage marketing of the future: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/curator-picks/vi...

          Lectures: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/search-c...

          Oral Histories: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/search-c...

          • davidmurphy 37 minutes ago

            CHM employee here. Always great to see CHM on HN. Glad folks are excited about this -- as are we! There's so much cool stuff in the Collection.

            • JKCalhoun an hour ago

              I have come across (and enjoyed) many of the videos [1] they have posted to YouTube.

              [1] https://www.youtube.com/@ComputerHistory

              • ricksunny 42 minutes ago

                I'm a fan of CHM. That said there collections have (understandably) a rather Silicon-Valley-legacy-centric view of, erm, computer history. You'll find little mention, for example, of these tantalizing early mentions of alternative computer architectures (with pictures!) in NSA's predecessor OP-20-G, as posed alongside the then-nascent von Neumann architecture (also covered).

                https://www.governmentattic.org/8docs/NSA-WasntAllMagic_2002...

                • Robdel12 2 hours ago

                  This is realllly cool. I have a rabbit hole to go down into tonight

                  • ChrisArchitect an hour ago

                    Related, of the more in-person variety:

                    Favorite Tech Museums

                    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46504220

                    • ChrisArchitect 4 hours ago

                      Link: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog