About the STARTUP Gallery
STARTUP is the first museum exhibition dedicated to the history of the microcomputer - the little machine that revolutionized the way we live, work and play. The gallery features one-of-a-kind artifacts, video and interactive displays, including “Rise of the Machines” - an immersive multimedia theater experience.
In the STARTUP Gallery
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Ed Roberts (1941-2010)

Creator of the Altair.
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Claude Shannon (1916–2001)

Mathematician and computer pioneer.
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Today's Artifact
Computer Notes

Computer Notes

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Did You Know?
Claude Shannon and his wife Betty liked to go to Las Vegas, where they successfully used his famous information theory to win at the gaming tables.
STARTUP: Albuquerque and the Personal Computer Revolution was conceived and generously funded
by Paul G. Allen and Jo Allen Patton. Additional support for the gallery was provided by the
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Microsoft, and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation.