Australia's Largest Private Computer Collection In Pictures 131
Da Massive writes "UNIX PDP-7, a classic DEC PDP-8, the original IBM PC, Commodore's C64, Apple's Lisa, a MITS Altair 8800 made famous by Bill Gates, through to a working PDP-11 that plays the ADVENTURE and DUNGEON games. Max Burnet has got it all. Burnet has turned his home in the leafy suburbs of Sydney into arguably Australia's, if not the world's, largest private computer museum. Since retiring as director of Digital Equipment Corporation a decade ago, Burnet has converted his home into a snapshot of computer history. Every available space from his basement to the top floor of his two-storey home is covered with relics from the past. On top of his hardware collection are numerous punch cards, tape machines (including the original paper tape) and over 6000 computer reference books. So in demand is his collection that one Australian film called on him to recreate a computer setting (PDP-9) for a movie about the moon landing in 1969."
Even with all that notoriety... (Score:5, Funny)
That page loads so slow.... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Oh, for Idol's sake! (Score:3, Funny)
Sure! No problem!
As long as we get an American free day as well.
Can't we go even one day on Slashdot without an Australian "story"?
Why don't you Aussie /. editors just launch slashdot.org.au and be done with it?
Oh, right, of course... Because you know that only Australians (if anybody) would give a shit about slashdot.org.au, and the whole point of spamming this Slashdot is so that Americans will "notice" you.
I have my old zx spectrum. (Score:5, Funny)
I showed it to my son last year. He looked at it for a moment then asked me where the dvd drive was....
There are, it seems, some things a parent is best not sharing with a child.
Re:I have my old zx spectrum. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I have my old zx spectrum. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Oh, for Idol's sake! (Score:3, Funny)
That's a brilliant idea!
We can do all the countries, not just Aus and USA.
Tomorrow could be 'Nigerian Free Week' where no stories on, about, referring to, alluding to, reflective upon and commented would a start.
So much for Net neutrality!
Re:One Australian Film? (Score:4, Funny)
After all, we know that nothing really exists outside the US, don't we?
Except the World Series! Oh wait.....
Who cares about these computers ? (Score:4, Funny)
No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.
Ah, mammaries, I mean memories... (Score:2, Funny)
I used to use it with a Burroughs B3700 like this [vintagepaperads.com] back in the '70s. Them were the days, when men were men, and small furry things with teeth were small furry...
Ah yes, as I was saying, get off my lawn. [snore]
Most of Europe and Asia (Score:3, Funny)