Goal(s): Archive the knowledge of the Aesthedes and with this, the history of CAD while also having an original system fully operational. Current state: Finished. Backstory: In 2018 we received an Aesthedes. After the move in 02/2020, the Aesthedes was part of an interview done in the museum (Youtube video). One of the responders to this video […]

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Goal(s): Provide a registration system to register technical collection items. Current state: In progress (85%) Backstory: Current collection registration systems for museums are not capable of hosting collections like the collection of the HomeComputerMuseum. Changes inside objects (hardware changes), multiple versions of the same object and a history on repairs is not available. The HomeComputerMuseum built their […]

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Goal(s): Provide a closed data storage (archive) for digital heritage within the Netherlands, run by a non-profit organization. Current state: Looking for investors Backstory: As one of the digital heritage media readers/convertors, we found there’s no long term solution for keeping digital heritage archived. The only viable solutions (like Google or Microsoft) are for-profit companies and data […]

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Goal(s): Restore Dutch Viditel service and archive the history. Make software available as open source Current state: Almost finished Timeline 04/2023: Got a request for TV-program ‘Andere Tijden’ if we have information regarding Viditel. We couldn’t find much online and only could find 3 magazine about Videotex. Also our first try to connect a Viditel client […]

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