About the STARTUP Gallery
STARTUP is the first museum exhibition dedicated to 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 theatre experience.
In the STARTUP Gallery
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Icons

The ubiquitous signposts of personal computing.
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Traf-O-Data

Before founding Microsoft, Bill Gates and Paul Allen started a business called Traf-O-Data.
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What do You Think?

If you could have a computer implanted into your body or brain, would you?

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Open to the public 11.18.06





Did You Know?
John von Neumann’s “First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC,” popularized the term “computer memory,” which quickly replaced the older term, “storage.”
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.
Opening events and programs were funded by presenting sponsor Intel and sponsor Bank of America.