Australian Computer Museum Society
← Back to ResourcesAustralian Computer Museum Society, preserving and exhibiting significant Australian computing artifacts and documenting the history of computing in Australia.
| Resource Type | Public Institution |
|---|---|
| Website | https://acms.org.au/ |
| Access Policy | private |
| Cost | Free |
| [email protected] | |
| Address | AU |
Computer Cabinett Goettingen
← Back to ResourcesComputermuseum der Fakultat Informatik (C-C-G) in Germany, a university computing museum preserving historic computer hardware and documentation.
| Resource Type | Public Institution |
|---|---|
| Website | https://c-c-g.de/ |
| Physical Collection | Yes |
| Access Policy | public |
| Cost | Free |
| Services | Information, meeting, assembling |
| Contact | Prof. Dr. Jens Kirchhoff |
| [email protected] | |
| Phone | +49 551-7703815 |
| Address |
Claus-Hartung-Eck 17 Goettingen 37083 DE |
MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator)
← Back to ResourcesMAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) project, an open-source emulator preserving decades of arcade game and computing hardware through software emulation.
| Resource Type | Public Institution |
|---|---|
| Website | https://mamedev.org/ |
| Access Policy | public |
| Cost | Free |
| Services | MAME's website "documents the hardware and software of arcade games" from the 1970s on (excerpted from the Charles Babbage Institute's website). MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. When used in conjunction with images of the original arcade game's ROM and disk data, MAME attempts to reproduce that game as faithfully as possible on a more modern general-purpose computer. MAME can currently emulate several thousand different classic arcade video games from the late 1970s through the modern era.... MAME is strictly a non-profit project. Its main purpose is to be a reference to the inner workings of the emulated arcade machines. This is done both for educational purposes and for preservation purposes, in order to prevent many historical games from disappearing forever once the hardware they run on stops working... All of MAME's source code is either our own or freely available" (excerpted from MAME's website). |
| Contact | Nicola Salmoria |
| Address | US |
Tekniska Museet (Swedish National Museum of Science and Technology)
← Back to ResourcesTekniska Museet (National Museum of Science and Technology) in Stockholm, Sweden, with exhibits on computing, telecommunications, and Swedish technological innovation.
| Resource Type | Public Institution |
|---|---|
| Website | https://tekniskamuseet.se/ |
| Physical Collection | Yes |
| Access Policy | public |
| Cost | Free |
| Address |
Museivägen 7 Stockholm SE |
National Museum of American History's (NMAH's) - Computer History Collection
← Back to ResourcesSmithsonian National Museum of American History - Computer History collection, featuring landmark machines and artifacts from American computing history.
| Resource Type | Public Institution |
|---|---|
| Website | https://americanhistory.si.edu/comphist/ |
| Access Policy | public |
| Cost | Free |
| Services | The Division's Computer History Collection website is an archival resource not a service provider. THE ON SITE EXHIBIT HAS BEEN TAKEN DOWN. "The Division of Information Technology and Communications dedicates its collections and scholarship to a broader understanding of information technologies and their role in American history. Staff of the division manage collections, conduct research, and produce publications and other educational products in the history of science, technology, and society related to all aspects of information technology and communications" (excerpted from NMAH's Division of Information Technology and Communications website). |
| Contact | Peggy A. Kidwell (Curator) |
| Phone | +1 202-633-3877 |
| Address |
1400 Constitution Avenue NW Washington, DC 20227 US |
Charles Babbage Institute
← Back to ResourcesCharles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota, a research center dedicated to the history of information technology with extensive archives and oral histories.
| Resource Type | Public Institution |
|---|---|
| Website | https://cse.umn.edu/cbi |
| Physical Collection | Yes |
| Access Policy | public |
| Cost | Free |
| Contact | Thomas Misa |
| [email protected] | |
| Phone | +1 612-624-5050 |
| Address |
211 Andersen Library 222 - 21st Avenue South University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455 US |