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The Rhode Island Computer Museum (RICM) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization established in 1999 in RI to preserve our rich vintage computer history.

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Eric O. Kindly donated a prototype Sun Microsystems desktop workstation, code name Wollemi. There is no documentation available for this system. It is supposed to have 64 Bit 64 Core UltraSPARC processor, and came with 48 GB or RAM. It has power problems that we are currentl…

Eric O. Kindly donated a prototype Sun Microsystems desktop workstation, code name Wollemi. There is no documentation available for this system. It is supposed to have 64 Bit 64 Core UltraSPARC processor, and came with 48 GB or RAM. It has power problems that we are currentl…
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Yesterday, we debugged a Cromemco 16FDC floppy diskette controller in an IMSAI 8080 computer. After a few hours of work the magic smoke decided to exit one of the electrolytic capacitors. It was really stinky.

Yesterday, we debugged a Cromemco 16FDC floppy diskette controller in an IMSAI 8080 computer. After a few hours of work the magic smoke decided to exit one of the electrolytic capacitors. It was really stinky.
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The kind people at the The New England Wireless and Steam Museum donated sales literature for our 1975 vintage IBM Mag Card/A typewriter.

The kind people at the The New England Wireless and Steam Museum donated sales literature for our 1975 vintage IBM Mag Card/A typewriter.
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We replaced a defective G221 Memory Selector FlipChip and the DEC PDP-12 is running Spacewar! again. We used tools created by Vince Slyngstad and Kyle Owen to transfer the source code for Spacewar! that was modified to use the RICM game controls from a virtual RK05 disk driv…

We replaced a defective G221 Memory Selector FlipChip and the DEC PDP-12 is running Spacewar! again. We used tools created by Vince Slyngstad and Kyle Owen to transfer the source code for Spacewar! that was modified to use the RICM game controls from a virtual RK05 disk driv…
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This is what 'Chat GTP' has to say about RICM!

In the heart of Wickford town,
There lies a museum renowned,
A place where computers of old,
Are kept from the cold.

The Rhode Island Computer Museum is its name,
Where tech enthusiasts flock and claim,
To witness history come…

This is what 'Chat GTP' has to say about RICM! In the heart of Wickford town, There lies a museum renowned, A place where computers of old, Are kept from the cold. The Rhode Island Computer Museum is its name, Where tech enthusiasts flock and claim, To witness history come…
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The Museum's DEC PDP-8/I is running again. After toggling in little diagnostic programs we found that the processor was OK and the problem was a just broken wire on the Teletype cable.

The Museum's DEC PDP-8/I is running again. After toggling in little diagnostic programs we found that the processor was OK and the problem was a just broken wire on the Teletype cable.
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Terry Gerber, and ex-DEC employee, donated lots of DEC marketing posters from the 1980s. We put the Rainbow 100 poster above the Rainbow 100 that was donated last week.

Terry Gerber, and ex-DEC employee, donated lots of DEC marketing posters from the 1980s. We put the Rainbow 100 poster above the Rainbow 100 that was donated last week.
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Bill Degnan, founder of the Kennett Classic Computer Museum in Kennett Square PA, kindly donated a BC09A-7 I/O cable for our PDP-9. We didn't get any BC09A I/O cables with our PDP-9 and have been looking for some for more than 10 years. This cable connec… ift.tt/7ylASbC

Bill Degnan, founder of the Kennett Classic Computer Museum in Kennett Square PA, kindly donated a BC09A-7 I/O cable for our PDP-9. We didn't get any BC09A I/O cables with our PDP-9 and have been looking for some for more than 10 years. This cable connec… ift.tt/7ylASbC
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Mark Sylor, an ex-DEC employee, and his wife Janice donated a DEC VT-100 terminal and a DEC PDT-11/150 computer today. He also dropped off many boxes of RT-11 operating system documentation, and DEC Rainbow software.

Mark Sylor, an ex-DEC employee, and his wife Janice donated a DEC VT-100 terminal and a DEC PDT-11/150 computer today. He also dropped off many boxes of RT-11 operating system documentation, and DEC Rainbow software.
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