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The National Museum of Computing.
The National Museum of Computing files and celebrates the development of computer systems and computing. There is also a terrific virtual tour of the National Museum of Computing.

By the way, the highlighted image in this article is of a Compaq laptop computer made in 1993 that was in the repair closet in my classroom in 2015.

Applications for Education
A few of us will remember using a few of the computer systems associated items that are featured in the virtual tour of the museum. For our trainees, its a fascinating history lesson about the development of technology. One of the things that a few of my former students found enjoyable to do was to attempt to find the original prices for old computer systems and convert that into inflation-adjusted costs.

In addition to the virtual trip, museums site hosts some picture-based obstacles about computer systems. Trainees need to find the distinctions between the images of artifacts from the museum.