Sunday, February 03, 2008

You know you're getting old when.....

You take your nine year-old to the Science Museum for the day and you see half a dozen bits of software and equipment in glass cabinets that you used to work on or fix during your career!


Here is an Ampex AVR1 2" video recorder - although we didn't have this model at the Beeb we did have AVR1000s. You can also see an Apple 2, a ZX80 and a copy of Windows 3.11

They also have Technics 1210s and a Phillips 1700 series VCR. On the right is a Cray-1 which looks like a masterpiece of engineering. It is well worth a visit and the have a whole gallery dedicated to telecomunications. I would have spent the day in there but for two nine year-old who wanted to see the rocket show!

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