Computer History Museum (Part 3) - Mountain View, CA

On 1 April, 2023, my dad and I went to the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. The address of the museum is at 1401 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View, CA 94043. I had a great time geeking out on old technology. While most of the things I saw were way before my time (such as punch card programing), I had a great time seeing all of the Commodore computers, Apple computers, and the historic game consoles. I'm a total computer geek. 😂 It has been a decade since I went to this museum and I have been wanting to go again. I took cellphone photos at the museum, and the photos are split into 4 parts. I took way too many photos on this trip. I hope you enjoy viewing my photos.

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This is part 3 of my cellphone photos from the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA.

This blog post starts off with photos of vintage video game consoles and video game cartridges.

Atari Pong Prototype (1972)

Atari Super Pong Game (1976)(left) & Coleco Telstar Alpha (1977)(right)

Atari 2600 Game Console with "Combat" Game Cartridge (1978)

Atari 5200 Game Console

Atari Game Cartridges: Breakout (1978), Missile Command (1980), Defender (1982), Video Pinball (1980)

Coleco Namco Pac-Man Tabletop Game (1985)

Nintendo Game Boy (1989)(center left), Nintendo Entertainment System (center), NES Metroid Game Cartridge (1987)(top left), NES Tetris Game Cartridge (top right)

IBM PC/MS-DOS Interactive Fiction Games: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (left) & Leather Goddesses of Phobos (right)

Atari Namco Pac-Man Game Cartridge (1982)

NES Game Cartridges (top to bottom): Pinball (1985), Super Mario Bros & Duck Hunt (1985), Dr. Mario (1990), Metroid (1987)

NES Game Cartridges (top to bottom): Wheel of Fortune Family Edition (1988), The Legend of Zelda (1988), Millipede (1988), Tetris (1985)

Doom II for IBM PC/MS-DOS (1994)

Super Nintendo Entertainment System (1990)(top) & Sega Dreamcast (1998)(bottom)

Sega Saturn Game Console (1994)(left) & Nintendo 64 Game Console (1996)(right)

Microsoft XBOX Game Console (2001)

I'm somewhat of a vintage game nerd too, so I had a great time seeing the vintage game consoles at the museum as well.

IBM ThinkPad 701 Laptop with Butterfly Keyboard (1995)

Apple Powerbook 140 Laptop (1991)

Apple iPhone (2007)

Motorola Bluetooth Headset (2005)

I feel kind of old now seeing the original iPhone and a Motorola Bluetooth headset in a museum. 😂 While I have never used an iPhone (and I'm not planning on getting one), I did use those Motorola Bluetooth headsets growing up. In fact there is one from the year 2007-2008 on my desk right now. I plan to continue using it again. I found it in the backyard several months ago.

This is all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing the photos! Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA (Part 2)

Not being much of a museum fan, I actually visited the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA because I was dragged along by family members. I have to say, it was kind of interesting to see the different historical gadgets in the museum. If you do visit, be sure to remember that tripods, backpacks, and flash photography isn't allowed inside, so make sure you bring your good camera and fast lens with good low light performance. I took 26 photos there and I will be splitting them into two parts. I most likely won't be making too much comments about the photos for these as I have no clue what most of them are. Hope you enjoy the photos I took in the museum.

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing here.

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The Olympus D-365 Digital Camera. First commercial digital camera. 

Mini Hard Drive. 

Another Mini Hard Drive. 

Intel Microprocessors. 

Sign Reads:

Generations of the Intel x86 Family

This case shows successive generations of Intel microprocessors derived from the... (cut off) 

Sign Reads:

Apple II, Apple, US, 1977

Steve Wozniak designed the Apple II in 1977. The self-contained unit housed electronics, keyboard, and power supply, with the BASIC language in permanent memory. A TV served as display. The Floppy disk drive (1978) and spreadsheet program VisiCalc (1979) made it a blockbuster. 

 Speed: 1MHz Memory size: 4K Memory type: Semiconductor Memory width: 8-bit Cost: $1,298

 Sign Reads:

Altair 8800, MITS, US, 1975

Popular Electronics featured the MITS Altair 8800 microcomputer kit in January 1975. Under $500, Altair became the leading "homebrew" computer, inspiring Bill Gates and Paul Allen to write a BASIC interpreter program. Their company, then called "Micro-Soft", survived. MITS did not. 

Speed: 2MHz Memory size: 1K Memory type: Semiconductor Memory width: 8-bit Cost: $439 (kit), $621 (assembled)

Sign Reads:

Nintendo 64 video game system, Nintendo, Japan, 1996

this 64-bit system was the last to use cartridges. Nintendo benefited from the library of characters and series created for its previous systems. 

Sega Dreamcast 

Nintendo Game Boy 

 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)

Pac-Man game cartridge for Atari.  

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Lisa 2, Apple, US, 1984

Apple's first computer with a Graphical User Interface was a market failure because it was too expensive and too slow. Steve Jobs had initiated the project but CEO Mike Scott didn't allow him to run it, so Jobs joined the Macintosh team instead. 

Speed: 5MHz Memory Size: 1Mb Memory type: Semiconductor Memory width: 32-bit Cost: $3,495

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Macintosh, Apple, US, 1984

the innovative Macintosh - Apple's second attempt at a GUI-based personal computer, following the failure of the Lisa - was a small, self-contained personal computer with a much-improved, Alto-like graphical desktop. Graphic designers, artists, and educators quickly adopted it. 

Speed: 8MHz Memory size: 128K Memory type: Semiconductor Memory width: 16-bit Cost: $2,495

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Sanyo Eneloop Rechargeable Battery Review

The Sanyo Eneloop Rechargeable Battery is the battery I use in my DSLR's external camera flash. Unlike other batteries, this battery have a very strong long lasting charge. It is great for power all your battery powered electronic devices that uses AA or AAA batteries. The battery charge will stay for at least a year, unlike other rechargeables which will pretty much be useless in a year.

My external camera flash works great with this! It will power many many flashes, which proves it is very strong. I didn't regret my purchase yet! It is great! I can't believe I didn't use this sooner. All those money I wasted on the other brands that doesn't even work. If you need rechargeable batteries, I suggest you go get the Sanyo Eneloop Rechargeable Battery. This is great for DSLR's external flashes, your Wii remotes, flashlights, or other products that drains your batteries quickly! So go get yours now!

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