Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 24th Nov 2008 14:55 UTC, submitted by Ward D
The private computer museum of Max Burnet has every bit of computing nostalgia imaginable, ranging from the first UNIX PDP-7, a classic DEC PDP-8, the original IBM PC, a string of old Apple's including the Apple Lisa, a 
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Very impressive collection, much "standard stuff", but interesting highlights, too. Without wanting to be braggy (I hope it's the correct translation), I find it nice to see that I've got some of this stuff around here, too. :-) Unfortunately, my collection does not include important "standard stuff" such as PDPs or VAXen (but at least a DEC VT101), most stuff is from the GDR (robotron), along with Atari, Amiga, CBM, IBM and other stuff everybody usually knows. My personal favourite of the CIO slideshow is the IBM console. If it wasn't a stupid idea, I'd like to wire one up to a normal PC. :-)
Anyone remembers 20 MB Bernoulli disks? Or disks for the Schneider Joyce? Or even PDs?
I like these kind of articles on OSNews that remind us about how all the stuff we take granted began in the past. Knowing about what stuff programmers and operators did with 256 kB RAM makes us think about the (non-financial) value of the machines we're glad to be able to use today.