On my places to visit:
The Centre for Computing History is a computer museum based in Cambridge, UK. With a collection of vintage computers and game consoles, many of the exhibits are hands on and interactive.
[WayBack] Computing History – The UK Computer Museum – Cambridge.
When I bumped into it, this was their collection size, ranging from the 1960s until recent history:
Archive Statistics :
- Computers = 993
- Peripherals = 1446
- Mobile Devices = 31
- Game Consoles = 213
- Video Games = 10259
- Software Packages = 2605
- Books = 2045
- Manuals = 4106
- Magazines = 9057
Looking at their archived brands (having [WayBack] MITS – Altair and [WayBack] Raspberry Pi in the collection) is such a joy.
Archiving the older parts is a tough job, as they stem from way before the web era, so information has been lost, parts are hard to source, a lot of hardware got thrown away or is hard to find at all, people have died. More on that at [WayBack] About – Computing History.
Without a physical visit, you can find what they have at [WayBack] Search Our Archive – Computing History.
The video below on their archive is impressive.
–jeroen
