Lane: computers · Area I
Peripherals
Section 1 (background memory)
- Object: Various tape drives/datasettes
- Object: Zip-Drive
- Panel: functioning tape drive
- Object: Various floppy disk drives, in particular Commodore 1570, SFD-1001, VC1540, 4031, 4040, 1551, 1571, 1541, 1581
- Panel: How disk drives work
Section 2 Human Interface Devices (HID)
Section 2.1 (mouse / joystick / keyboard / games accessories)
- Object: Various mice/joysticks/keyboards
- Media station: Joysticks with/without microswitches in comparison
- Panel: Test reports from Joysticks
Section 2.2 (data vision devices, screens, monitors, modulators)
- Object: Various
- Panel: functioning monitor
Section 2.3 (Printer/Plotter)
- Object: Various printers/plotters
- Panel: functioning matrix printer
- 3D printer
- Additional idea: An egg plotter as an example of computer-controlled drawing and forms.
Section 2.4 (Scanner / Digitizer / synthesizer)
Section 2.5 (communication)
- Object: Various acoustic couplers
- Panel: Functionality of acoustic couplers
- BTX device
- Panel: What was BTX?
Section 2.6 (Robot)
- Additional idea: Robot to illustrate computer control; select a suitable object or a demonstration for the new location.