So.. at the end of Delft trip Part 1 having spoken about the Pocketqube Workshop I alluded at the end that some of us went on a trip to see the groundstation setup on the top of the TUDelft building. It was so impressive but then our volunteer guide Kris casually said we might like to see the technology archive in the basement... It's fair to say we were all glad we went.. It is astonishing.
We were led through room after room of technology all beautifully curated and displayed and catalogued.. not normally open to the public it was explained that this was a technical archive but NOT a museum.. meaning anything could be touched and operated. Completely run by volunteers I can't say how impressive it was enough! Massive photo dump below really doesn't do it justice. (Photo above...Loved spotting these early MIT books on the extensive bookshelves!)
The alley of oscilloscopes...
This was one side of the original Heinrich Hertz experiment which discovered radio waves! A high frequency generator produced an arc and this is received on the other side of the experiment by a small neon tube... of course Having discovered radio waves Hertz famously said they would be of no use!
Early gyroscopic compass (about a metre tall!)
Lovely archive of old poster displays everywhere also!
Radios, pwer supplys, swr's ...so much kit!
Pascal... An enormous analogue calculator/computer...
My most favouritest switch ever... I suggested they should have all the archive lighting wired to this. :)
So many gauges (I have a small collection!) This Harland all the way from my home city.
Computer alley!
Be still my beating heart....
1.5 metre tall HDD anyone?
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