Keyboard Gallery

IBM 5110 and Omnibot 2000 robot

IBM 5110 and Omnibot 2000 robot, holding a packet of crisps, on display at the Computer History Museum, USA. The IBM (International Business Machines) 5110 was released in 1975 for $14, 000. It was marketed as a portable computer, and weighed 23 kilograms. The Tomy Omnibot 2000 was released in the early 1980s as a programmable toy robot. The museum's collection includes over 3000 artefacts from 1945 to 1990. Established in 1996, the museum preserves and returns to working order, computers that have had a significant historical impact. The museum is due to be relocated, becoming part of the NASA Research Park, California, USA, in 2005

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Xerox Alto computer

Xerox Alto computer, at the Computer History Museum, USA. Developed by Xerox in 1972 as a research computer, they cost $32, 000 each. Its monitor was designed to display a whole page of text. It was the first machine to use a graphical user interface (GUI), a mouse (lower right) and to be able to connect over a network (ethernet). The museum's collection includes over 3000 artefacts from 1945 to 1990. Established in 1996, the museum preserves and returns to working order, computers that have had a significant historical impact. The museum is due to be relocated, becoming part of the NASA Research Park, California, USA, in 2005

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Jerome Kern s musical

Jerome Kern s musical Show Boat - score cover for song Ol Man River from 1951 film version of the 1927 musical, with Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner and Howard Keel, directed by George Sydney (MGM). Words by Oscar Hammerstein II (American librettist, 1895-1960). Music by J. Kern. Arrangement for piano. Published Chappell & Co. London & Sydney. Copyright 1928 T.B. Harms Company