What next?

If you still need your fix of old computers, there are still places you can go, and things you can do.

(Actual) Museums

The MIMMS Museum of Technology and Art in Rosswell, GA has a collection of vintage computers, including some that might look very familiar to Living Computer Museum fans: because they’re the same ones. It appears that MIMMS won some of the exhibits when computers were being sold off.

The Computer History Museum in Mountain View California is an amazing place, with many extraordinary exhibits. If you haven’t visited, you need to. They also have several working systems which are regular demonstrated: an IBM 1401 Mainframe and a (gasp) PDP-1.

Events

The Vintage Computer Federation holds multiple events in multiple states throughout the year. Visiting their website to find the next one.

Portland Retro Game Expo features speakers, vendor stalls and a huge hall of video games. It’s usually held in October. In Portland (hence the name).

Virtual Access

One of the best things about the Living Computer Museum was online access to their vintage systems. The next best thing is the SDF Public Access UNIX System.

Build it yourself

Need to feel the switches and look at the lights? You can build yourself an Altair 8800 or even a PDP-10 with some basic soldering skills.

Adwaterandstir – AltairDuino and KENBAKs

Obsolescence Guaranteed – PDP computers, and KIM-1 emulators.

PAL – a 6502 single board computer compatible with KIM-1.