Photo review of Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley

Apple-1 with Wozniak's signature, 1976

I had a chance to visit Silicon Valley. Visits to the legendary valley left a lot of pleasant impressions, but of course nature was the most memorable: the constantly warm sunny valley, the cold San Francisco, the mountains, the blue ocean. Then there are roads with autobahns in 7 lanes in one direction and incredible interchanges, surfers in Half Moon Bay and Santa Cruz, skiing on Taho lake, concerts of Metallica and Soundgarden, smelly bums on the streets and dumb trams (cable car).
On each of these points, you can write a separate article. But still Silicon Valley is famous for computer affairs. Somehow, after a walk around the campus of Google on one of the neighboring streets, I was noticed by the Computer History Museum, which I soon, after arranging for a not very convenient schedule, visited. Of the visited offices of various large companies and other museums, the computer history museum is perhaps the most "brightest".
Under the cut, I propose to enjoy pictures of gizmos from a computer story with a brief description.

Last update : Added 6 more photos.

We go:

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The journey begins with a Bebija car , which, apparently due to its size, had no place to stick:




Whatever the scientific value of this ancient calculator, but when a specially trained aunt turns the handle and all the parts begin to move in time, it is impossible to break away! About the car, I still remember that someone, like one of the founders of Google, ordered it to put it at home, but then it didn’t fit in and he gave it to the museum until it found a place.

The beginning of the historical part is not very interesting as for me. Because there are sextants, logarithmic tables, details of smart weaving machines , etc .:


It is more interesting to become near the world's only remaining Enigma :



GPS Analog Computer, 1950
Analog computer company General Precision Systems (GPS)

Next come some incredible units:



JOHNNIAC

Mixed with every little thing:

Core memory

Radar for military affairs:

If the dot on the radar did not please the operator, he poked a hammer in it (under the glass), then called somewhere on the phone on a nearby machine and read the data that appeared to them. And after a while ... the point went out.

IBM 7030 :


Magnetic drum :


HDD meter diameter (1960s):



Burroughs Disk Storage Unit-128 CHL
I did not find the specifications, but I assume that the volume is 128 MB.

Raid 2:


Legendary IBM 360 :


Google's first production server:


Cray :




There are even a couple of Soviet-Russian exhibits:

Master - one of the first Soviet computers, which was used mainly as a game console.
Specifications:
RAM (memory) 16kb, 48kb, 128kb OVC - magnetic tape.


Olympic-C

A tour of history comes to an end, the output is more portable technology. For example HP Vectra from the 80s:


Ends the journey of Apple-1 with Wozniak's signature:






The number of exhibits in the museum is much more than in this photo review. So be in SF - be sure to take a day trip to Mountain View. At the same time, you can take a walk on Google campus (they don’t let people in locals, but “face the brick” and go).

Additional photos

I will sign as much as possible.























































































Update 1
Added 44 photos

Update 2
Added description of sovdepovsky and russian copies

Update 3
Found the name of a huge HDD, added another photo

Update 4
Filled video of the work of the Babbage machine (link in the text "specially trained aunt turns the handle")
Added story

Update 5
Added 2 photos of Apple-1
Changed the picture first picture
Signed by GPS Analog Computer
Changed the title

Update 6:
Signed by JOHNNIAC
Found another trip to the museum - added 6 more photos.