Zeela
Experienced Member
A local museum got in contact with me a while ago, about making an exhibit of of home computers from the late 70's and 80's.
Now we have worked everything out and the exhibit started this weekend.
The museum is Åssamuseet in Åtvidaberg (Sweden). (http://www.assamuseet.se)
I got somewhere around 10 square meters of space to display any computers I saw fit. So I picked out 25 computers and now they are on display until the middle of august. Might even be longer, we haven't decided yet.
So if you are passing by Östergötland in Sweden this summer, you should make a stop in Åtvidaberg. The opening hours can be found on the website mentioned above.
Here's a rather lousy photo of the exhibit:
And when you're already at the museum, be sure to check out their awesome collection of mechanical calculators. The museum even has some nice old cars on display. Most noteworthy would be "Åtvidabergsbilen", a car made in 1911. There were only 11 cars made and one of them are fully functional and on display in the museum. Yes, it's the car in the background on the photo above.
Well, back on topic The computers I picked were:
Atari: 800 XL, Portfolio, 520 STFM
Commodore: Amiga 500, C128, C64, C64c, SX-64, VIC-20
Luxor: ABC 80, ABC 800, ABC 802, ABC 806, ABC 1600
Sinclair: ZX80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum, QL
Video Technology: Laser 200, Laser VZ 200
Micsc: Dragon 32, Jupiter ACE, Alice 4K, SEGA (Yeno) SC-3000, Sord M5
Now we have worked everything out and the exhibit started this weekend.
The museum is Åssamuseet in Åtvidaberg (Sweden). (http://www.assamuseet.se)
I got somewhere around 10 square meters of space to display any computers I saw fit. So I picked out 25 computers and now they are on display until the middle of august. Might even be longer, we haven't decided yet.
So if you are passing by Östergötland in Sweden this summer, you should make a stop in Åtvidaberg. The opening hours can be found on the website mentioned above.
Here's a rather lousy photo of the exhibit:
And when you're already at the museum, be sure to check out their awesome collection of mechanical calculators. The museum even has some nice old cars on display. Most noteworthy would be "Åtvidabergsbilen", a car made in 1911. There were only 11 cars made and one of them are fully functional and on display in the museum. Yes, it's the car in the background on the photo above.
Well, back on topic The computers I picked were:
Atari: 800 XL, Portfolio, 520 STFM
Commodore: Amiga 500, C128, C64, C64c, SX-64, VIC-20
Luxor: ABC 80, ABC 800, ABC 802, ABC 806, ABC 1600
Sinclair: ZX80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum, QL
Video Technology: Laser 200, Laser VZ 200
Micsc: Dragon 32, Jupiter ACE, Alice 4K, SEGA (Yeno) SC-3000, Sord M5