COMPUTER SCIENCE MUSEUM - UNISYS BELGIUM "COLLECTION JACQUES LAFFUT"

Visit : Museum/Discover

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Description:

The museum's numerous exhibits include the Burroughs machine : the first calculator/printing machine (weighing 37 kilos !), invented in 1886 by William Seward Burroughs; the first "portable" calculator, dating from the 1920's (7-8 kilos !); the 1921 "Moon Hopkins", the first adding machine to use direct multiplication - calculators at that time had used repeated addition without actually multiplying the sums. Chronological track about the history of the electronic memory.

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Extra information

Open by appointment only (tel.: 02/728 05 27).
Guided tours only, groups of 15 persons max.
Closed during the weekend.

Streetcar : 55 / Bus : 45, 59, 63, 65, 67, 68.

Free of charge.

Opening periods

  • All year round

    Visit type: Museum/Discover


    Address:

    Avenue du Bourget 20
    1130 Brussels (HAREN)
    MAPS: Google Maps
    Tel.+32 (0) 2 728 05 27
    Fax:+32 (0) 2 728 07 50
    Email: computermuseum@be.unisys.com
    Web : http://www.unisys.be/about__unisys/computer__museum.htm





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