This is a news feed for the recent changes on our homepage. The latest posts are on top.
October 2010
An important new scientifical computer: A PDP-12 (actually Clinical LAB 12) from DEC, year of manufacture 1968/69.
This well equipped laboratory computer fills the gap of 12 bit computers made by DEC from 1965 to 1971.September 2010
We got a big educational computer model made by Siemens from 1973.
June 2010
We are writing an ongoing Blog about the UNIVAC 9300 reparation.March 2010
There is the new section Reading punch cards with contemprary computers on our Development Projects page. It's an article that illustrates the connection of modern computer hardware with old electronic data processing technologyJanuary 2010
A new challenge: The UNIVAC 9200 data processing center was moved from the archives to the museum building and is currently restored optically and technically.Univac 9200 in restoration
See new page UNIVAC 9200January 2010
The structure of our homepage was improved. We arranged topics with more headings and improved the site design.November 2009
We're have published the new page The Pianola and Miscellaneous where you can see some highly interesting exhibits that neither match computer nor communication technology.November 2009
There are many new pictures on our page about Broadcasting, there will be new more verbose texts soon (you can read them already in german). We're about to gradually replace all low quality images with high resolution pictures. Pleace take care that they are still protected by international copyright law. If you want to use some of them, please contact us.October 2009
New devices: UNIVAC 1710 Verifying Interpreting Punch
suitable to our Univac 9400 mainframeOctober 2009
There's a new page, Development Projects, where we'll exhibit some of our interdisciplinary development efforts.July 2009
This IBM 1442 card reader/puncher, year of manufacture 1966, is one of the new devices we got this month. It was a peripheral device for the IBM 1130 or IBM 360 computer. Since we do not have either of them, we plan to connect this device to a PC with an interface that we are currently developing.
July 2009
We're urgently looking for manuals for an Anelex drum printer.July 2009
Our Measurement technology collection was extended for experimental technology thanks to a donation from a german school.June 2009
Extracting roots with the Tabulating Machine! Virtually impossible, but we tried to reconstruct some 50-years-old bet.March 2009
Gain an exceptional insight the Telefunken T40W.