Re: Computer Museum (was Re: Very old hardware...)
On 7/3/20 5:40 PM, Kenneth Parker wrote:
> This is, actually something I would like to do. Anyone know of good
> Computer Museums in areas they've been in? (I remember a good one,
> South of San Francisco, but that's on the other side of the Country from
> North Carolina).
>
> I have a couple that I REALLY want to make work, in a Museum
> Environment: A G3 Apple iBook, with the last Dual Boot to Apple's OS-9
> (with OS X Jaguar on the other side. Look THAT up!). I also have an
> Apple G4 iMac "Desk Lamp", where the Disk Drive gave out. (And it had
> the Archive of my Classical Music CD Collection). To get, at least a
> *little* back on Topic, I successfully booted an old Debian DVD on the
> iMac (which, by the way, last ran OS X Panther). Unfortunately, it had
> trouble with the Graphics. But, with the knowledge from these last
> couple years, I'm sure I can find Firmware and Drivers that could work.
>
> Yes, in the olden days, I liked Apple. Then, they dropped Power PC and
> I was Livid! (What's the best protection, from Windows Viruses? How
> about a totally different CPU Architecture, where the Virus can't get
> anywhere.
>
> Anyway, I am, right now, experiencing why Debian is so much better for
> Computer Experts than Ubuntu or, Especially Mint. (The Mint Install
> only works from its Live DVD, which I am running on XFCE, on a Lenovo
> Ideapad 320. What could possibly go wrong?) So, for anyone who is
> looking for Debian-like Alternatives, I give Thumbs Down on Mint 20, but
> *do* have a message in their Forum.
>
> But back to the Computer Museum, anyone else experience those?
>
> Thanks for being patient with me.
>
> Kenneth Parker
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List of computer museums
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_museums
I was familiar with Boston's Computer Museum long ago, now part of The
Computer History Museum in California. See wikipedia link above.
Good luck Kenneth.
Regards,
Ralph
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