THE 1000 COLLECTION

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)

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.