Dutch computer museums (2022)

(aresluna.org)

68 points | by npollock 1 hour ago

13 comments

  • teekert 49 minutes ago
    I went to the Bonami SpelComputer Museum in Zwolle, I spend > 5 hours there. Loved it, you could touch everything, oh the long lost satisfaction of putting in a real floppy floppy! I played pong, I played on an MSX (used to own one), the NES, old Sega's, Atari's. My son also loved it, I parked him at the Playstation's and Xbox's at the end, then did another round, starting from the 60's Star Trek style computers to the now. At the end we played some pinball machines, and some old arcades as well.

    The whole place felt like a drab 80's office, but also felt like a lost home, it had a special charm.

    Btw spelcomputer means gaming computer, but I don't know why they call it that, there are some classic gaming machines, but they mostly have regular computers, like rows of old Toshiba laptops for example.

  • NBJack 47 minutes ago
    R.I.P. Living Computer Museum (yes I am aware of its formal name). They took such good care of the systems there, and basically everything could be played with. It's technically not the only museum like it around Seattle, but it was incredibly memorable.
    • buildbot 26 minutes ago
      It was really something to be able to go in and interact with systems from decades ago. Huge loss that it was closed.
  • vouwfietsman 39 minutes ago
    Only a tourist would call Helmond and Zwolle closeby, that's like half the Netherlands!
    • estomagordo 36 minutes ago
      Only a person from a country larger than a floppy disk would call them nearby.
  • nizmow 1 hour ago
    I recently moved to Eindhoven and have been meaning to get to the museum in Helmond. This has prompted me to make the trip this weekend!
    • gijsnijholt1980 1 hour ago
      It’s truly a great museum! A trip down memory lane and they do their best to keep most machines operational. That’s no small feat. Enjoy!
    • hananova 1 hour ago
      And just last week they opened a store diagonally across from the museum where you can buy their surplus.
      • nizmow 52 minutes ago
        Likely a very dangerous temptation :)
  • ChrisArchitect 5 minutes ago
    Related this week on Polish and German museums:

    Before pixels: Modular industrial dashboards

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49912792

  • smokel 1 hour ago
    "SAMENGEST TEKEN" is most likely an abbreviation for "SAMENGESTELD TEKEN". I guess it's a translation of "COMPOSE KEY" and they ran out of rub-on letters somewhere.
  • fuzzythrowaway 34 minutes ago
    The computer sections feel warm and sort of anchored in place, whereas those shots of the arcade gave me the "liminal space" heebies. I wonder why.

    Are there any places like this in the US?

  • pkal 1 hour ago
    The DEC barn seems interesting, but I don't gather where it is located or how you can visit it?
  • mahirsaid 41 minutes ago
    wow this museum captures so much beauty from early computer era. The quality is lost compared to these items.
  • JSR_FDED 58 minutes ago
    Damn, I just came back from a trip to Amsterdam…if only I’d known
  • dr_dshiv 50 minutes ago
    Do these still exist? How are they funded?
  • michaelastreiko 48 minutes ago
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