Computermuseum der Informatik

Many of the machines at the Stuttgart Computer Museum (Computermuseum der Stuttgarter Informatik) still work, and many can be demonstrated in operation. The collection, founded in 1997 on the University of Stuttgart's Vaihingen campus, spans calculators, mechanical calculating machines and both analog and digital computers.

Highlights include several DEC PDP-8 and PDP-11 models, an IBM 1130 and an LGP-30, a computer built with vacuum tubes. Most of the inventory consists of decommissioned systems and their components, along with documents such as manuals. Karlsruhe University donated a large collection of programs on punched tape together with a PDP-11/10 fitted with a vector graphics unit. A Mincal-523 from the Federal Institute of Hydrology in Koblenz arrived broken and was restored to working order through reverse engineering. In 2021 the University Observatory in Vienna donated a PDP-12.