Yesterday I visited the Mac Museum for the first time, and what an achievement it is!

Behind a fairly nondescript facade in an industrial park lies a true Aladdin’s cave with the most impressive collection of pre-Intel Apple hardware I’ve seen.

Saturday was one of their periodic open days, in the morning I picked up my friend Alex Lee (The guy behind the “What is the Apple IIGS” website) and we drove for over an hour down the Mornington Peninsula.

We’d intended to at least hang out for a couple of hours, the entire day flew by before we knew it.

When we arrived we signed in using an SE/30 running a FileMaker database, and then entered the main room. It’s in rough chronological order, starting with the Apple IIe and IIGS, and there are a large number of tables and shelves giving enough space for each set up, with corresponding period correct peripherals, software boxes, etc.

Along the back wall is a mammoth shelving rack, and along the top shelf is every model of iMac G3, which makes for a strikingly colourful centrepiece!

As far as I can recall, it’s the first time I’ve seen a Macintosh TV in person, and also the first time I’ve seen an Apple III actually on and running.

I got chatting with Danny who had been repairing an analog board from a Macintosh Plus at a repair station in one corner, and he gave me some helpful advice and insights that have inspired me to continue with my ADB JoyPad project. Hopefully more news on that over the next little while.

So, the Museum obviously a massive labour of love, and I really appreciate (in multiple senses) what Matthew has created! I am sure I will be back in future :) Currently listening: Statik - “1994 Jungle Mix | Part 2”