Enter (museum)

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View of part of the computer exhibition
View of part of the radio exhibition
The working Apple I

The Enter ( proper spelling : ENTER ) is a museum for computers and consumer electronics in Solothurn , Switzerland . In addition to computers from 1950 onwards , it also exhibits mechanical and electronic calculating machines , exhibits from radio and television technology , sound recording and playback devices between 1860 and 1990, and telecommunications devices . The museum describes the number of computer systems still functioning as “probably unique in the world”.

history

The museum goes back to the collection of the entrepreneur Felix Kunz, who collected computers for 30 years. Some of the approximately 5000 objects were exhibited in the Lischerhof in Solothurn until 2011 , a former farmhouse whose area of ​​600 m 2 was too small for the presentation of the collection. In 2010 Kunz founded the ENTER foundation together with Monique and Peter Regenass. The collector Regenass contributed around 300 mechanical calculators to the collection. In December 2011 the museum was reopened in a former beverage depot at the Solothurn train station with an exhibition area of ​​around 1,800 m 2 .

collection

The collection includes Solothurn's industrial history, Swiss technology highlights and international rarities. In the museum, particular emphasis is placed on the fact that the devices are functional, which distinguishes the museum from other technology museums. The exhibits include:

- Early home computers such as the Mark-8 minicomputer , Apple I and the Commodore PET 2001

- Mainframes like an IBM System / 370 from 1970 or a Sperry UNIVAC model 90/30 from 1972

- The first Swiss radio station Champs de l'Air from 1922

- First electronic desktop calculator: Anita, 1961

- Smaky Computer, by Jean-Daniel Nicoud , EPFL , 1977-83

- First video projector Eidophor , ETH Zurich , Ing. Fritz Fischer , 1939–75

- First tube television, Marconi , 1934

Web links

Commons : Enter (Museum)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ What is the activity of the ENTER . Museum ENTER. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  2. ↑ a b Solothurn: Feldschlösschen depot becomes a computer museum . ICT communication. December 8th, 2011. Archived from the original on February 9th, 2015. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 18, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ictk.ch
  3. ↑ Wolfgang Wagmann: The beer depot becomes a computer museum . In: Solothurner Zeitung . April 8, 2010. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  4. ↑ Andreas Kaufmann: Now you can marvel in Solothurn what was the future yesterday . In: Solothurner Zeitung . December 3, 2011. Retrieved December 18, 2011.


Coordinates: 47 ° 12 '11.9 "  N , 7 ° 32' 30"  E ; CH1903:  607808  /  228 044