Museum displays history of tech
First computers, processors exhibited
BY ALEX L. GOLDFAYN
Published April 30, 2007
In the technology industry, what is missing is some good, old-fashioned reminiscing.
It is a field that flies forward with such blazing speed that the past seems irrelevant, so much so that the term “technology history” has become something of an oxymoron. In some categories, like cell phones, many products are forgotten on the day they are released.
But there’s an organization in Mountain View, Calif., called the Computer History Museum that is trying to change that.
It houses one of the most expansive collections of old technology in the world.
Inside the museum are more than 13,000 objects, 20,000 images and 5,000 software titles housed in about 120,000 square feet of space.”
We’ve been collecting technology for 30 years,” said Executive Director John Toole. “We’re trying to get information while we can, while the people involved with creating this technology are still around, so that we can preserve it for the next 100 to 200 years.”
…In addition to the visible storage exhibit, the museum features “Mastering the Game: A History of Computer Chess” display, complete with one of the two IBM Big Blue computers that beat world chess champion Garry Kasparov.”
The Smithsonian has one and we have the other,” Toole explained.
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Deep Blue crushed and humiliated Kasparov!
I do not know about dep blue, but I found a site that will have exclusive videos from Sofia!
http://videos.chessdom.com/
That looks fantastic!!!! I love video reports.
Big Blue computers?!? LOL 😉
However, the successor ‘Deep Blue’ attempts to provide a supercomputing platform have been an expensive failure, most of the expense paid for by the US taxpayer.
IBM simply do not have an industry-strength product in Deep Blue. The fact that, nominally, the ‘Deep Blue’ machines are up there in the top 500 is not worth half a thought: it’s what they achieve that matters.
“However, the successor ‘Deep Blue’ attempts to provide a supercomputing platform have been an expensive failure, most of the expense paid for by the US taxpayer.”
IBM is not owned by US government. IBM does not spend tax dollars.
“IBM simply do not have an industry-strength product in Deep Blue. The fact that, nominally, the ‘Deep Blue’ machines are up there in the top 500 is not worth half a thought: it’s what they achieve that matters.”
They have achieved what they were built for : Beat the world champion in a match. After that IBM used the hype to skyrocket their stock in the market.
However, you have a point. The question is : Why did IBM dismantle these machines after the match ? I bet both machines in both museums are not functional.
Why did IBM dismantle these machines after the match ? I bet both machines in both museums are not functional.
Indeed, there are only the cases on display 🙁 And the answer is that after Kasparov’s defeat, some people said that the winner of the Candidates tournament should play with Deep(er) Blue for the World title and not with Kasparov.
Yes indeed! FIDE World Championship rules omitted since the beginning the word “human” from the text, so D.B. was the World Champion since he defeated Kasparov in an official match.