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The IBM 1620 Restoration Project

2005; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 27; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/mahc.2005.46

1934-1547

Dag Spicer,

Art, Technology, and Culture

This article describes the historical restoration of an IBM 1620 Model I computer by a team of volunteers at the Computer History Museum. The technical trajectory of the project is described as are the philosophical and museological issues attendant on the restoration of vintage computers.