I wanted to go to this one since a long time. But I could take time out for it only after 1 year of being in Silicon Valley. It is located near Shoreline Blvd in Mountain View close to Google Offices!!. The building is a magnificent construction thanks to donation of a Silicon Valley company whose name I dont recollect..
The first thing which greets you after you enter the lobby is the super computer Cray! It is so modern in its exteriors that the cooling fans are covered by the leather seating. U can actually sit on it!! Now as you traverse ahead there is a huge rack of age old Apples! which tell the story of UI Giant and shows the respect they pay to detail. There are also variety of calculators and other counting and measuring machines. The IBM census machine is worth a second look. Also the various boards displayed in IBM offices in different locations in different languages just emphasize on one thing , 'THINK'!
There are lot of first ever huge gigantic machines built. Analog, Digital, Storage, Embedded they have them all. There is a whole aisle devoted to Cray family and the modern designs inspite of messy wires do catch your eye. There is also a section for Robots. There is one called Tommy ..looks pretty cute I must say and ofcourse they have Ibo.
There is also a corner devoted to the game of Chess, my favourite game. It is a delight for any chess lover. Last but not the least there is a display of the advent of Silicon Valley bigges and their success stories and yeh they have the Cisco's first ever Router!
There is also an impressive section showing the various gaming consoles and they look pretty ancient especially the ones from Atri. The Museum is also researching to restore and age old technology IBM gaming machine.
All in all, it was an afternoon well spent.
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Must visit this one when I come to the Bay Area next!
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