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On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 Jgzabol_at_aol.com wrote:
> There is a _WORKING_ 1130 at the IBM Museum in Sindelfingen, Germany.
If only I'd known when I was planning my trip to CeBIT -- I could have
flown out of Frankfurt instead of Berlin, and dropped by.
Any retrocomputing facilities in Hannover or Berlin?
Brad Ackerman >>
There is the Nixdorf Museums-Forum at Paderborn, which is not too far from
Hannover, less than one hour southwest by car. They do not have any live
equipment, but about one of everything not live. They begin somewhere
with the Assyrians
xxxx B.C. up to Cray-2 and connection machine; Nixdorf tube machines;
Russian machines; mechanical calculators and telephone exchanges;
and Jacquard loom, the ancestor of anything with punched holes.
Address: Fuerstenallee 7, 33102 Paderborn
Look at
http://www.hnf.de for more details.
I also recommend strongly the "Deutsches Technik-Museum" in Berlin.
They have a small, but significant set of exhibits:
- Replica of Zuse Z1 (1936), built by Zuse himself, mechanical computer,
operational;
- Zuse Z23, first transistorized computer by Zuse, I believe also operational.
- several other less prominent computer exhibits
- quite a selection on history of the electron tube and telecom
Normally the machines are not operated. I understand that upon special
request an appointment could be made, and a knowledgeable person
would come in and operate the Z1 and/or Z23.
Contact person is Hadwig Dorsch, details see
http://www.dtmb.de
A pity that Munich is too far out of your travels - the Deutsche Museum here
also has quite a selection, but nothing live.
Hope you will enjoy your trip
John G. Zabolitzky
Received on Thu Feb 04 1999 - 06:36:16 GMT