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The Personal Computer Museum is located in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, located in a former city building that is built from reclaimed bricks from the Brantford Opera House. Over fifty interactive personal computers are on display from a wide variety of manufacturers, including Apple Computer, Atari, Commodore, IBM, Radio Shack, Timex, Mattel and more. The mandate of the museum is to preserve computer technology and more importantly, offer interactivity with these machines. Parents are welcome to bring children and show them computers that they may have used to understand the evolution of the technology that they use today. The museum offers a large selection of original software in its library as well as a huge archive of computer related magazines. The museum is open to students to study the origins of computers and the various technologies behind them. Currently open to the public only one day a month, the museum welcomes private tours from schools or other groups and has free admission. The museum was first opened to the public in September, 2005〔(Brantford Expositor Newspaper Article - September 20, 2005 )〕 by founder and curator, Syd Bolton. The museum is run by Bolton and a group of dedicated volunteers. ==Displays== * The downstairs showcases over forty-five machines that are interactive. The most popular machines include the Commodore 64, IMSAI 8080 and Apple IIe * Video games and consoles are also represented. One rare Atari 2600 title is an "Extra Terrestrials" cartridge published in 1983 by a small Burlington, Ontario firm unaware of Atari's similarly themed 1982 'ET' game, a massive commercial failure which was a factor in the North American video game crash of 1983. * There is a 1953 Admiral Black & White television downstairs connected to a game of Pong * The 'Tower of Power' is a high display that includes the original packaging for such machines as the Coleco Adam, Atari 2600, and Mattel Aquarius * Upstairs contains a magazine library that has classics such as Byte Magazine and Compute!. The library is home to over 4,000 publications. * Upstairs also has a display known as 'Modem Alley' where the history of the modem is displayed including the major milestones contributed by manufacturers such as Hayes Microcomputer Products and Supra, Inc. * Both levels include hundreds of books on various topics in computer history * A special section devoted to Canadian journalist and technology evangelist Jim Butterfield is on permanent display 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Personal Computer Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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