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Microsoft Artifacts

To celebrate Microsoft's 45th anniversary, we've collected a full list of our artifacts that are connected to the tech giant.
At Living Computers: Museum + Labs, we have a wide variety of artifacts and working vintage computers. A big selection of what's in our collection has roots with Microsoft, in one form or another.

This page highlights a number of those artifacts and why they are so important in the company's wider tale.

DECsystem-10 KA10

DECsystem-20 KL10

DECSYSTEM-2020 KS10

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Outside of our four featured systems, the full list of artifacts we have in the musuem with Microsoft ties can be found below. A long list, indeed!
Machines that run Microsoft BASIC that are on display:
  • GUI exhibit
  • Apple Macintosh 128K
  • Amiga 2000
  • Microcomputer exhibit
  • Altair 8800
  • Cromemco Z2D
  • Commodore PET
  • Radio Shack TRS-80
  • IBM PCjr
  • Commodore 64
  • Texas Instruments TI-99/4a
  • Atari 400
  • Kaypro
  • Apple ][
  • IBM PC and PC compatibles exhibit
  • IBM PC
  • Tandy 1000
  • Compaq Portable
  • Columbia Data Products PC
  • IBM PC clone in visible storage
  • Apple Exhibit
  • Apple /// (known as Business BASIC)
  • Apple ][e
  • 1980’s Rewind Exhibit
  • 7 Apple ][e computers in the classroom
  • 2 TRS-80’s in the basement den
Machines that run MS DOS and MS Windows:
  • IBM PC
  • IBM PCjr
  • Compaq Portable
  • Columbia Data Products PC
  • Tandy 1000
  • Dell PC (runs Windows 98)  (a second machine is also in the Digital Studio featuring MS Paint)
  • Gateway 2000 (runs Windows 95)
  • IBM PC AT (runs Windows 1.0)
  • IBM PC clone in visible storage
Miscellaneous arifacts:
  • Microsoft DOS, Language Products, Windows and At Home series software boxes/media
  • Microsoft mice
  • Zune player
  • Xbox