Homebrew Apple Reunion @ Living Computers Museum + Lab April 12, 2017
A short slideshow from the Homebrew/Apple Reunion at Paul Allen's "Living Computers: Museum + Lab" in Seattle on April 12, 2017. It was the first ever meeting of Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, and Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple. The event coincided with the opening of a new show at the museum, "From Garage to iMac: The First 20 Years of Apple". I was fortunate enough to be there. The truly astounding thing about this museum is that you can get your hands on everything and all of these important, historical computers are ACTUALLY RUNNING. (Well, the Symbolics machine and the Bendix machine are being worked on, but all the rest were running.) This includes an Apple 1, Apple II, Lisa, and other personal computers. But it even includes mini-computers, like PDP-7, PDP-11, and a Vax 11/780. And even more amazingly, to me, it included a running IBM 360 and CDC 6500 & 6600. I actually used *this* CDC 6500 when I was in college at Purdue, and it has now been restored to functionality in this living museum. Freaking awesome! And my night was totally made when I happened to come by the working Apple 1 just as it finished loading its copy of BASIC, so I typed "print 2+2", and, happily, it typed "4". All is right in the world. Most of the pictures are mine, but the group shots are by Dario Impini. The music is "Chorale" from "Bach by Design - Experiments in Musical Intelligence" by David Cope and was composed by computer software trained on the music of Bach.
A short slideshow from the Homebrew/Apple Reunion at Paul Allen's "Living Computers: Museum + Lab" in Seattle on April 12, 2017. It was the first ever meeting of Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, and Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple. The event coincided with the opening of a new show at the museum, "From Garage to iMac: The First 20 Years of Apple". I was fortunate enough to be there. The truly astounding thing about this museum is that you can get your hands on everything and all of these important, historical computers are ACTUALLY RUNNING. (Well, the Symbolics machine and the Bendix machine are being worked on, but all the rest were running.) This includes an Apple 1, Apple II, Lisa, and other personal computers. But it even includes mini-computers, like PDP-7, PDP-11, and a Vax 11/780. And even more amazingly, to me, it included a running IBM 360 and CDC 6500 & 6600. I actually used *this* CDC 6500 when I was in college at Purdue, and it has now been restored to functionality in this living museum. Freaking awesome! And my night was totally made when I happened to come by the working Apple 1 just as it finished loading its copy of BASIC, so I typed "print 2+2", and, happily, it typed "4". All is right in the world. Most of the pictures are mine, but the group shots are by Dario Impini. The music is "Chorale" from "Bach by Design - Experiments in Musical Intelligence" by David Cope and was composed by computer software trained on the music of Bach.