Oldenburg Computer Museum
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| place | Oldenburg (Oldb) |
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Technology museum
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| opening | 2008 |
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Thiemo Eddiks, Mark-Christian Bruns, Michael Rathje, Silva Eddiks
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The Oldenburg Computer Museum (OCM) is a museum founded in Oldenburg (Oldb) in 2008 , which is dedicated to the preservation and operational presentation of the history of home computers .
Overview
The museum shows computers , video games and arcade machines from the 1970s, 80s and 90s. The special thing about it: the exhibits are ready to use and invite visitors to try out and use them. The OCM has existed since November 2008, and its management is in the hands of the non-profit association “Oldenburger Computer-Museum e. V. “and volunteer helpers. The aim of the Oldenburg Computer Museum is to preserve the home computer culture as a tangible exhibition with fully functional exhibits. The exhibits are equipped with software , they can - and should - be used, researched and experienced. In this way, visitors get a feeling for the relationship to current computer technology and see the development of individual aspects ( graphics , sound, speed, mass storage , space requirements of the technology). Here you can play old classic games on the Commodore C64 , Atari 2600 , Amiga and Co., write your own programs and experience the history of home computers .
history
The museum was created from a private collection of Thiemo Eddiks. Initially, small temporary exhibitions took place at the OFFIS - Institute for Computer Science and the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg , among others . The permanent exhibition was opened in November 2008, and in November 2009 the Oldenburger Computer-Museum e. V. to sponsor it. Initially started as an exhibition on a small area, the move to the current rooms took place in 2014, where, in addition to the permanent exhibition “Home computers of the 1970s and 80s”, there is also an arcade hall on 620 m².
exhibition
The permanent exhibition “Home computers of the 1970s and 80s” shows 23 fully functional computer systems, including PDP-8 / e , Commodore PET , Apple] [ , Osborne 1 , Schneider CPC 464 , Apple Macintosh and Amiga 500 . In addition, 24 functioning game consoles from the first six generations will be shown. The exhibition is open every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Events
Topical as well as cultural events take place at the OCM on many other special dates.
literature
- Stefan Höltgen: RESUME, hands-on retrocomputing; Computational Archeology , Volume 1; 2016; 270 pages, 40 color and several b / w illustrations; ISSN 2367-2013; ISBN 978-3-89733-396-3
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ YouTube - NDR article about the Oldenburg Computer Museum
- ↑ Kreiszeitung - Museum shows young "antiques"
- ↑ nwz-online - computer museum is restarting
- ↑ heise-online.de - What future do computer museums have?
- ↑ ndr.de - In the nursery of the PC
- ↑ Radio Bremen ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. - Small museums in the northwest
- ↑ Videospielgeschichten.de ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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. - Back to the future: Interview with Thiemo Eddiks from the Oldenburg Computer Museum
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ OCM-current program.pdf
- ↑ RESUME - projektverlag.de
Coordinates: 53 ° 8 ′ 38.3 " N , 8 ° 13 ′ 14.95" E