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  netsharc
  God, what an odd first paragraph... wow, how did this collection of computers, most of which are probably from 1950s onwards, survive Allied bombing of the 1940s?Then again, it's from 2006, which probably explains the style of writing...Edit: The HTML source indicates the article was written in 2025. With video recorded in 2006 (in glorious 360p) and uploaded to YouTube last year.
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  ilaksh
  What happened to that professor who owned it? I assume he passed away or something. Unless they just stole it? :PMaybe give the guy a little bit of credit for the collection even if he couldn't take care of it as well as a museum.
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  mh-cx
  As a German I wonder why was this treasure given away to a US museum? Also what is the legal status of ownership of all this? Would have been interesting to read more about this.
• Shorel
  Ohh I wish it stayed in Europe. So I could visit and see them.
• asdefghyk
  Seems to be the origianl collector of equipment ...?https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Walter_Ameling_...Seems he was owner of computer muesuem that closed in 2009 .The next link has MUCH MORE DETAIL about the closure ...https://de-wikipedia-org.translate.goog/wiki/Computermuseum_...https://web-archive-org.translate.goog/web/20230601221853/ht...2 pages of links on Google for the name "Prof. Dr.-Ing. Walter Ameling" - However do not know if actually same person mentioned in articale.. Some of them seem to match up .
• tedesign
  Where are the eastern bloc computers?
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  xg15
  > According to a local office worker, this wasn’t unusual; numerous unexploded bombs had been found on-site in the years prior, prompting evacuations in 2004.Yep, this is still a regular (and mostly mundane) occurrence in Germany.
• andrewstuart
  The photos are amazing. What an astounding treasure trove.
• louwrentius
  I'm so sad that there's no backstory to this huge throve of old computers.Where are all these machines from? Who owned them, and why? Why were they all there in storage, in a hangar. Would have been even more interesting.
• TacticalCoder
  Sure it's older but it's not dissimilar to a gigantic warehouse full of computers (from the 80s I think) found in Dallas a few years ago:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-ZZkZk9QRkSome of it went to museums too.