Running a Computer Museum in Sicily since 1997<\/h2>\n\n![\"Photo](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/009.jpg\")
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You are kindly invited to attend an evening presentation and discussion hosted by Waag Society<\/a> about the experience of one of the oldest computer museum in Europe: the Museo dell’Informatica Funzionante<\/i> (MusIF)1<\/a><\/sup>, started in 1997 when Gabriele Zaverio, better known to the Italian Hacker scene as Asbesto Molesto, started collecting hardware from scraps and dump areas in Sicily with the purpose of restoration and conservation of our digital past.<\/p>\n![\"Photo](\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/019.jpg\")
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Gabriele is today the director of the MusIF, a museum which became of prominent importance for its sector2<\/a><\/sup>, having collected a remarkable quantity of working exemplars and being regularly visited by experts and amateurs worldwide. Main activities include hosting some core nodes of the RETRO DECnet3<\/a><\/sup>, the hardware restoration of circuit boards and, recently, the reconstruction of an Apple 1 computer exclusively using original components.<\/p>\nThe MusIF initiative is growing thanks to the support of many voluntary donations, of the Italian hacker community and of the Dyne.org foundation based in Amsterdam. The MusIF is also twinned with MIAI Computer Museum (Museo Interattivo di Archeologia Informatica) in Cosenza (Italy) , in a true spirit of friendship and knowledge sharing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nEvening program<\/h3>\n\n\n- 17:30 – Doors open<\/li>\n
- 18:00 – Introduction<\/li>\n
- 18:10 – Restoration activities at MusIF and challenges ahead<\/li>\n
- 18:50 – Open questions and answers<\/li>\n
- 19:10 – Open mic for on-topic announcements and networking<\/li>\n
- 19:30 – Conclusions<\/li>\n
- 20:00 – Doors close<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The language spoken will be English.<\/p>\n
Entry is free, donations for the MusIF are welcome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\nAcknowledgements<\/h3>\n\n
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You are kindly invited to attend an evening presentation and discussion hosted by Waag Society<\/a> about the experience of one of the oldest computer museum in Europe: the Museo dell’Informatica Funzionante<\/i> (MusIF)1<\/a><\/sup>, started in 1997 when Gabriele Zaverio, better known to the Italian Hacker scene as Asbesto Molesto, started collecting hardware from scraps and dump areas in Sicily with the purpose of restoration and conservation of our digital past.<\/p>\n Gabriele is today the director of the MusIF, a museum which became of prominent importance for its sector2<\/a><\/sup>, having collected a remarkable quantity of working exemplars and being regularly visited by experts and amateurs worldwide. Main activities include hosting some core nodes of the RETRO DECnet3<\/a><\/sup>, the hardware restoration of circuit boards and, recently, the reconstruction of an Apple 1 computer exclusively using original components.<\/p>\n The MusIF initiative is growing thanks to the support of many voluntary donations, of the Italian hacker community and of the Dyne.org foundation based in Amsterdam. The MusIF is also twinned with MIAI Computer Museum (Museo Interattivo di Archeologia Informatica) in Cosenza (Italy) , in a true spirit of friendship and knowledge sharing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The language spoken will be English.<\/p>\n Entry is free, donations for the MusIF are welcome.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\nEvening program<\/h3>\n
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Acknowledgements<\/h3>\n
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