The Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, is a truly amazing place. Even if you are not a geek like me, or indeed not a geek at all, it’s a wonderful walk through the evolution of computing, and provides unique and unexpected views into history.

Indeed, the Computer History Museum holds something for everyone - an hour and a half long tour held the attention of guests from 7 to 70. Now that’s saying something!

Starting with what is considered by most to be the dawn of modern computing, the abacus, the exhibits are truly something to behold. Moving along in time from the abacus, one passes an array of antique slide and cylinder rules, a difference engine, log books as thick as your arm, and a model of and genuine cards from a Jaquard loom (considered by some to be the first…

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