Few people have heard of it, yet John Blankenbaker's KENBAK-1 was the first commercially available personal computer.
Cyberpipe's Computer Museum
By James Grahame
Ljubljana, Slovenia isn't somewhere I would expect to stumble across a massive collection of vintage home computers. Perhaps that makes it the ideal location. The hands-on collection features hundreds of working machines - everything from an IBM 370 to a NeXT Station is ready to be peeked and poked. Admission is free and the museum is an easy 10 minute walk from the central train station.
"Rapid development in the field of consumer electronics practically forces the end user to replace their old, but still very much functioning computer for a new one. The Museum is an interactive installation, a bit like a temporal black hole that drags the visitor into a totally different time. Even the younger generation, who was spared the minute-long waiting times looking at the tape recorder loading its data into the computer memory, has the possibility to experience the unknown past of home computers."
