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MoTET is an Open-Archive Site Devoted to Research Into The Origins of Personal Computing
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. . . and Preserving Yesterday's Technology, for Tomorrow.
Museum, Research &
Supporting Scholar Archives
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Project Origins
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FEATURED MUSEUM MASTERPIECE
FEATURED ARCHIVE
TIMELINES AT A GLANCE
CHRONOLOGICAL ARCHIVES
**NEW ROBERT RAGEN**
**FRIDEN 130 PHOTO TIMELINE**
**OF THE PROTOTYPING PROCESS**
Robert Ragen is the legendary inventor of the Friden 130, regarded by many scholars as the first commercial transistorized desktop calculator. The Robert Ragen Friden 130 Archive, presented here for the very first time, consists of vast - previously unknown & unpublished - Friden Calculator development artifacts including prototypes, color slides, audio tapes of key internal discussions, and much more
**ALSO**
The 2nd earliest known public press release for any commercial transistorized desktop calculator/computer
was recently discovered at
The Museum of TrailingEdge Technology
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BIOGRAPHIES
PHOTO ARCHIVES
THIS YEAR'S FEATURED MUSEUM PIECE
CHRONOLOGICAL PATENT ARCHIVE
USER MANUAL ARCHIVE
SUPPLEMENTAL ANITA PRESS ARCHIVE
1960's PHYSICAL EXHIBITS
MoTET's Early Radio Wing
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Portrait of Grace Hopper by Aryn Coyle. In the collection of the Afflerbach Mansion Art Gallery at the Museum of Trailing-Edge Technology
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