Paul Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates, passed away in 2018. Before his death, he established the vintage computer museum called Living Computers: Museum + Labs in 2012, located in Seattle.
This museum houses a collection of early computers that Allen owned or acquired, such as the Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-10, the first computer used by Allen and Gates to write programs. It also features valuable historical artifacts, including a letter from Albert Einstein to the US President in 1939, warning about the possibility of Germany creating a nuclear bomb.
Due to the ongoing COVID pandemic, the museum temporarily closed and has recently announced permanent closure without specifying the reason. Allen’s sister is now managing the museum, and its assets will be auctioned off, with the proceeds going towards charitable causes.
Source: The Register
Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1979
The appearance of the DEC PDP-10 machine used by Allen.
TLDR: Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, established a vintage computer museum before his death, which is now permanently closed and managed by his sister.
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