Computer History Museum makes vast collection available online for free
The Computer History Museum, a Silicon Valley-based museum that houses the historical heritage of computing, has announced the launch of OpenCHM , a digital portal that provides access to its vast collection.
Computer History Museum Launches Digital Portal to Its Vast Collection - CHM
The Computer History Museum is pursuing a digitization initiative funded by donors such as the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and OpenCHM marks a major milestone.
OpenCHM opens the Computer History Museum's collections to a wide range of users, including scholars, teachers, students, and the general public.
Online collections - CHM
https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog
In addition to searching the collection, you can also browse by four topics: 'CURATOR PICKS,' 'STORIES FROM THE COLLECTION,' 'HIGHLIGHTS,' and 'DISCOVERY WALL.'
For example, 'CURATOR PICKS' is further divided into '
Curator Picks - Online collections - CHM
https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/curator-picks
There are various collections registered. For example, the page for the Tetris cartridge for Game Boy looks like this. In addition to registering information about the game software, you can also jump to pages of related objects.
Tetris Cartridge for Nintendo Game Boy - 102752165 - CHM
https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102752165/
The video, recorded in 1982, features lead designer Eldon Hall discussing the design of the custom-built Apollo Guidance Computer that launched humans into space in July 1969.
The Apollo Guidance Computer, part one : Eldon Hall - 102624617 - CHM
Documents include the specification for
IBM 1620 Symbolic Programming System Specifications - 102620427 - CHM
https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102620427/
In addition to English, the site is available in Chinese (simplified and traditional), Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish. However, when I checked the content in Japanese, it didn't seem to have any specialized text available, and instead displayed a machine-translated version of the English text. If you're going to read it, it might be easier to translate it yourself.
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