Arvutimuuseum: Computer Museum in Estonia

Today I dropped by the Arvutimuuseum, the Computer Museum in Estonia. Such a nostalgic trip through the history of computing — from Soviet-era machines to quirky devices that once shaped (and sometimes failed) the future of tech. 🚀

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📖 A Soviet-era computer book.

🍏 A whole wall of old Macs. Apple always had a style.

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🐭 Apple mice — beautiful, but not always practical. Seems like “form over function” isn’t new for them.

💡 ZX Spectrum — proof that Raspberry Pi’s keyboard PC wasn’t the first “all-in-one” idea.

🧵 Magnetic core memory.

📇 Punch cards — programming with patience.

⌨️ Keyboards weren’t always QWERTY.

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💻 Eee PC — one of my old favorites (alongside VAIO P). Both were defeated by the iPad revolution.

📱 Speaking of iPad, here’s the Apple Newton.

📟 PDAs everywhere — Palm, Psion, and more.

⌨️ A Palm foldable keyboard.

💿 Ubuntu once mailed you CDs for free. I still have mine.

🖊️ A mouse designed like a stylus — not the first attempt either.

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📀 Storage evolution — floppy, cassette, CD-ROM.

💾 The original Save button.

🖥️ Old servers.

🇪🇪 Estonian-made computers!

🖨️ Printers & monitors powered by serial ports.

🧮 Calculators.

🎨 Early graphic computers.

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🪟 Windows Chicago — no taskbar at first.

💼 The earliest laptops, one even had a built-in printer.

🚀 Space laptops — chips specially adjusted for space environments.

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🇰🇷 Surprised to see Samsung personal computers that early — and wow, the screens were already impressive.

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Such a fun dive into tech history. Every piece felt like a step that led us to the devices we casually use today. 🖥️📱💿