Preserving IT History for more than a decade at CC-IN2P3

1986

How it started...

• 200?: the idea
• 2008: the embryo

• 2011: the shiny new museum

How it’s going: 2025

• 13’000 visitors since 2011
• 600 Inventoried artefacts
• Estimated 1000 artefacts
• One major (900+ visitors) event per year

Pay us a (virtual) visit!

All-stars

• NeXTcube info.in2p3.fr
  
• CHADAC
  
• QWERTY Minitel
• WANG 2200S

Preserving our CHADAC

• Restoration
• Documentation
• Interviews
• Research

It's not just about the artifact itself

Understanding

• Ben Eater's video tutorials on how to build a computer from scratch

Tapes, Punch-cards & co

• CC-IN2P3's new paleo-IT data restoration service has got you covered!
• 9-Track tapes
• DDS
• STK 9940
• Iomega Ditto/Rev/Jaz/ZIP/Bernoulli...
• Aconit's USB punch card reader!

"This iconic machine has probably played a pioneering role at CERN."