Hours of operation: Wednesdays- Sundays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Ticket Admission: General- $15, students, seniors and active military- $12
Recently in the news the creator of Apple Steve Jobs died from pancreatic cancer. people who are saddend by his deatg went to the Computer History Muesum in Mountainview California where is work is on display. This museum honors the creativity of past computer geniuses. A vistior placed flowers on top of a Macintosh Vistors will find older computers then Apple.
“It starts simple with an abacus, and then scales up to the giant computers of old that were business/government only, and ends in the modern age. Gamers will get a kick out of seeing the video game section (I didn't feel bad that I could identify all of the consoles based on where I first played them) and the robots/toys are interesting too.” said Craig D a user of yelp.com.
According to computerhistory.org visitors can learn about the first Babbage Engine in general to calculate the value of a polynomial that uses addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. This engine only uses addition to do the calculation. When a polynomial is known then the rest is calculated by repeated addition.
“Make sure to take one of their free tours - they last about 40 minutes and I was skeptical at first, since ours started a bit slow, but at the end I wished it could have been twice as long. You'll learn things not written on any of the story panels and it's a good way to get introduced to the museum so you can explore more efficiently on your own later.” said Elena E. a user of yelp.com.
Visitors can also learn what it takes to design computer software for the game of chess. They can also listen to chest pioneers and watch video of the 1997 chess match between BMI’s Deep Blue and World Champion Garry Kasparov according to computerhistory.org.
“One thing that makes this museum great is that is has pretty much every major device in the history of computer, gaming, and robotics. You're bound to find a device that you remember from years gone by, whether you're 20 years old or 60.” said Kathryn B. a user of yelp.com
Without the many inventions of computers and Steve Jobs we wouldn’t have the technology we have today. I found a YouTube video showing some of the computers the museum has on display I hope you enjoy.
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