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 |