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Computer History Museum recalls ‘astonishing’ retro haul recovered from abandoned German warehouse — over 2,000 artifacts spanning the 1930s to 1980s required seven tractor-trailers after a WWII bomb scare

Latest from Tom's Hardware ·Mark Tyson·about 16 hours ago
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The Computer History Museum (CHM) recalls one of its biggest ever retro treasure troves , rescued from an abandoned warehouse in the town of Castrop-Rauxel, situated North West from Dortmund, Germany. Images show an outstanding amount of retro gear taking up much of the space within an aircraft hangar-sized triple-story warehouse. These artifacts would include relics spanning computing eras, starting way back in the 1930s up to the 1980s. After much work, briefly interrupted by the discovery of an unexploded WWII bomb nearby, over 2,000 museum pieces were containerized and trucked back to California. Artifacts Discovered in Castrop-Rauxel, Germany - YouTube Watch On The above-linked blog and embedded video give readers a great overview of the scale of this retro haul. It was brought to the attention of the CHM by a tax advisor based in Dortmund. This helpful Dortmunder would go on to share a few large-format photos of the site, which seemed to confirm the presence of several rare computing artifacts.…

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