Misc Relevant Articles, Publications, Links, and Educational Write-Ups

Some might ask "Why a computer museum at a University?" When we stand back and look at the environment, it becomes clear that a University campus is a natural place for a computer museum to develop and be nurtured into something meaningful. A University has an organized structured environment, has a rich history in the pioneering use of information technology, and brings together computer professionals and enthusiasts - whom have a passion for what they do.

 

• Download / View Our Museum Policies (2012)
• Our Virtual Museum site on FLIKR (photos of assets and past displays)
• The UofS - Computing on the Shoulder's of Giants; The First known Long-Distance use of a High-Speed Computer in Canada
• History of Computing at the University of Saskatchewan: The First Three Decades, 1957-1987 (by Robert N. Kavanagh)
• Twenty Five Years of the PC
• The IBM PC - The Machine that Started a Revolution
• History of the IBM ThinkPad
• Vernon Henry Geddes - Passion, Skill, and Curiosity
• Visit The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California
• Visit The UK’s National Museum of Computing in Bletchley Park, England
• Visit The DigiBarn Computer Museum
• Visit Old Computers - Rare, Vintage and Obsolete Computers
• Visit The Computer History Simulation Project
• Visit The Personal Computer Museum in Brantford, Ontario
• Visit York University Computer Museum
• Visit Retired DEC Director, Max Burnet's personal DEC Museum