{"id":3391,"date":"2022-11-01T02:22:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T02:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/?p=3391"},"modified":"2026-05-21T09:27:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T08:27:04","slug":"computer-history-museum-cupertino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/computer-history-museum-cupertino\/","title":{"rendered":"Computer History Museum, Cupertino"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Milly was just so chuffed to listen to two old men do a demo of a 1969 IBM 1401 computer, the look on her face after 50 minutes was pure joy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Apple-II.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Apple-II-767x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Vintage Commodore computer in a museum display\" class=\"wp-image-3412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Apple-II-767x1024.jpeg 767w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Apple-II-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Apple-II-768x1026.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Apple-II-1150x1536.jpeg 1150w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Apple-II-1534x2048.jpeg 1534w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Apple-II.jpeg 1816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bbc-B-at-computer-history-museum-Silicon-valley-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bbc-B-at-computer-history-museum-Silicon-valley-1024x461.jpg\" alt=\"Early home computers displayed at the Computer History Museum\" class=\"wp-image-3404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bbc-B-at-computer-history-museum-Silicon-valley-1024x461.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bbc-B-at-computer-history-museum-Silicon-valley-300x135.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bbc-B-at-computer-history-museum-Silicon-valley-768x346.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bbc-B-at-computer-history-museum-Silicon-valley-1536x692.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/bbc-B-at-computer-history-museum-Silicon-valley-2048x922.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>the rest was also very interesting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some of the wiring was incredible, fancy fault finding in these machines?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer2-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"461\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer2-461x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Computer history museum, California\" class=\"wp-image-3410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer2-461x1024.jpg 461w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer2-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer2-768x1705.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer2-692x1536.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer2-922x2048.jpg 922w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer2-scaled.jpg 1153w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"461\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer-461x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Computer history museum, California\" class=\"wp-image-3409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer-461x1024.jpg 461w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer-768x1705.jpg 768w, 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California\" class=\"wp-image-3398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer3-461x1024.jpg 461w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer3-135x300.jpg 135w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer3-768x1705.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer3-692x1536.jpg 692w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer3-922x2048.jpg 922w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/patch-wiring-early-computer3-scaled.jpg 1153w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>however CRAY supercomputers was wired on an epic level<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRAY-cpu-wiring.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRAY-cpu-wiring-1024x812.jpg\" alt=\"Coiled computer cables and old hardware in a museum display\" class=\"wp-image-3405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRAY-cpu-wiring-1024x812.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRAY-cpu-wiring-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRAY-cpu-wiring-768x609.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRAY-cpu-wiring-1536x1219.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.beady.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/CRAY-cpu-wiring.jpg 2018w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>one cpu block of hundred in the computer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milly was just so chuffed to listen to two old men do a demo of a 1969 IBM 1401 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