Museum of 20th Century IT
Contents
- 1 Exhibit
- 2 Components
- 2.1 Handspring Visor Deluxe
- 2.2 Amiga 500
- 2.3 Amiga 2500
- 2.4 Amiga 1200
- 2.5 Amiga 3000/UX
- 2.6 Amiga 3000
- 2.7 Apple eMate
- 2.8 Apple iMac
- 2.9 Apple PowerBook G3 Wall Street II
- 2.10 Apple iBook G3
- 2.11 Apple Mac SE
- 2.12 Apple Mac SE/II
- 2.13 Apple Mac LC
- 2.14 Apple Mac 7100/66
- 2.15 Apple Mac 7200
- 2.16 Apple Power Mac 8600
- 2.17 Apple Power Mac G3
- 2.18 Apple Power Mac G4
- 3 Description
- 4 Preparation
- 5 References
Exhibit
Alison and Shawn are preparing to exhibit information technology from 1981-2000 for one week, fall 2011, at Hartell Gallery, Cornell U. (Sept 18-24).
Components
Handspring Visor Deluxe
Amiga 500
Minimized materials, but still meeting demand for expandability through externalized components pioneered by Apple and Commodore consumer-level predecessors.
Amiga 2500
The largest Amiga, a workhorse, with expansion bays for drives and cards.
Amiga 1200
The portable member of a later generation of Amigas.
Amiga 3000/UX
Runs Unix or Amiga.
Amiga 3000
Compact desktop.
Apple eMate
Apple iMac
Apple PowerBook G3 Wall Street II
http://lowendmac.com/pb2/wallstreet-powerbook-g3-ii.html
Apple iBook G3
http://lowendmac.com/pb2/original-ibook-g3-300-mhz.html
Apple Mac SE
Apple Mac SE/II
Apple Mac LC
Little pizza box Mac.
Apple Mac 7100/66
Apple Mac 7200
Apple Power Mac 8600
Apple Power Mac G3
Apple Power Mac G4
Advertised as the first supercomputer for consumers, since it crossed the boundary for US limits on exports of powerful computers.
Description
A multimedia extravaganza featuring the personal collection of two Gen-Xers, this exhibition incorporates functioning computers, slide show viewers, personal computing devices, and visual displays—both print and digital. Information technology devices from 1981-2000 inform this retrospective conversation between design and computing. In this exploration of the physical history of information technology, some objects are classified as cutting edge design or functional innovations; others feature graphic or design software that served as visualization tools. Themes of the exhibition include the history of the Macintosh as a design object, portability, and the Commodore Amiga computers’ tools and software related to visualization, drafting, and music.
Preparation
- Replace batteries in computers. Old batteries prevent storage in parameter RAM, causing difficult hardware problems. See Amiga#Batteries.
- Replace or repair Mac LC power supply. It's not supplying 5 and 12 V, and it's making a 2Hz click.
- Create list of all computers to display and create floor plan, determine placement, # of power supplies needed.
- Opening or closing reception?
- Posters for advertising show and educational posters for show
- LCD Screen application/ movie
References
- Cory Arcangel's Pro Tools
- http://nymag.com/print/?/arts/art/features/cory-arcangel-2011-5/index1.html
- Emulators
- MiniVMac allows users of newer Macs to run a Macintosh Plus in a window on their computer. http://minivmac.sourceforge.net/doc/start.html
- UAE runs Amiga OS on Windows, Linux, and Mac.
- http://www.amigaemulator.org/
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAE_(emulator)
- Low End Mac
- Expansive source for specs and contexts of each Apple computer model. Used by people trying to get the most out of older computers. http://lowendmac.com/
