Living Computer Museum
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Exterior of the Museum
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| Established | 25 October 2012 |
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| Location | 2245 1st Ave S Seattle, Washington |
| Coordinates | 47.582487°N, 122.334708°W |
| Type | Computer museum |
| Founder | Paul Allen |
| Director | Lath Carlson |
| Curator | Aaron Alcorn |
| Public transit access | 21, 594, 132, 106, 50, 102, 590, and 116 Bus Routes and the Link Light Rail |
| Nearest car park | Onsite and Street Parking |
| Website | www |
Living Computers: Museum + Labs (LCM+L) is a computer and technology museum located in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. LCM+L showcases vintage computers which provide interactive sessions, either through time-sharing operating systems or single-user interfaces. This gives users a chance to actually use the computers on-line or in person in the museum. An expansion adds direct touch experiences with contemporary technologies such as virtual reality, self-driving cars, the internet of things, and robotics. This puts today's computer technology in the context of how it's being used to tackle real-world issues. LCM+L also hosts a wide range of educational programs and events in their state-of-the art classroom and lab spaces.
According to LCM+L's website, their goal is "to breathe life back into our machines so the public can experience what it was like to see them, hear them, and interact with them. We make our systems accessible by allowing people to come and interact with them, and by making them available over the Internet."
LCM+L (originally known as Living Computer Museum, and before that, PDPplanet.com) was founded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, on January 9, 2006. Through PDPplanet users were able to telnet into vintage devices and experience timesharing computing on equipment from Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) and XKL.
Users around the world can now request a login through the LCM+L website and telnet into systems from XKL, DEC, IBM, Xerox Sigma, AT&T, and CDC.
Living Computer Museum opened to the public on October 25, 2012 and guests can now visit in person to interact with the collection of Mainframes, Minicomputers, Microcomputers and Peripherals the museum has on display. Various and changing exhibits in the museum show how much computers and technology have changed over the last 50 years and are changing still.
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