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  Slideshow -- Tech of Yesteryear: Where Old Computers Find Their ...

• Computer History Museum to highlight storage

  By Lucas Mearian | 30 December, 2010 09:39

  Computer History Museum to highlight storage

• MITS founder and Altair inventor Ed Roberts dies aged 68

  By Peter Sayer | 06 April, 2010 05:21

  Henry Edward Roberts, designer of the Altair 8800 personal computer that inspired Bill Gates and Paul Allen to enter the software business, has died aged 68.

• The Internet at 40: History Began With Its First Crash

  By David Coursey | 30 October, 2009 09:24

  Why do we today celebrate today -- October 29 -- as the Internet's 40's birthday? Because on this day in 1969, what would later became known as the Internet was used for the very first time -- and crashed.

• World's oldest Christian Bible goes digital

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 07 July, 2009 09:45

  Time is never kind to paper manuscripts, particular those written more than 1600 years ago. Some 800 pages remain of the Codex Sinaiticus, a version of the Christian Bible written in the fourth century, and the original text is thought to be nearly twice as long. Historians believe the book may be world's oldest Christian Bible.

• 15 events that changed technology history

  By Neil McAllister | 24 December, 2008 09:00

  There are certain key points that have shaped the way technology is today. We've rounded up the 15 most important milestones and explained why they changed the course of the industry.

• Slideshow -- Tech of Yesteryear: Where Old Computers Find Their Final Resting Place

  By Howard Dahdah | 24 November, 2008 12:44

  Max Burnet has turned his home in the leafy suburbs of Sydney into arguably Australia’s largest private computer museum. Since retiring as director of Digital Equipment Corporation a decade ago, Burnet has converted his interest in the computing industry into an invaluable snapshot of computer history. Every available space from his basement to the top floor of his two-storey home is covered with relics from the past. His collection is vast, from a 1920s Julius Totalisator, the first UNIX PDP-7, a classic DEC PDP-8, the original IBM PC, Apple’s Lisa, MITS Altair 8800, numerous punch cards and over 6000 computer reference books. And more. He happily opened his doors for CIO to take a look.