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Computers & Business Machines

Imagine the loss, 100 years from now, if museums hadn't begun preserving the artifacts of the computer age. The last few decades offer proof positive of why museums must collect continuously—to document technological and social transformations already underway.

The Museum's collections contain mainframes, minicomputers, microcomputers, and handheld devices. A Cray2 supercomputer is part of the collections, along with one of the towers of IBM's Deep Blue, the computer that defeated reigning champion Garry Kasparov in a chess match in 1997. Other artifacts range from personal computers to ENIAC, the Altair, and the Osborne 1. Computer components and peripherals, games, software, manuals, and other documents are part of the collections. Some of the instruments of business include adding machines, calculators, typewriters, dictating machines, fax machines,Former Duke teammates Justise Winslow, left, and Jahlil Okafor embrace after Okafor was selected third overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the 2015 NBA draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. ElsaGetty Images

Former Duke teammates Justise Winslow, left, and Jahlil Okafor embrace after Okafor was selected third overall by the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the 2015 NBA draft at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. ElsaGetty Images

NCAA’s new NBA draft early entry rule finds right balance

You have to hand it to the NCAA: About once per decade or so, it gets something right.

That might be an exaggeration – only slightly – but, nonetheless, the NCAA’s move to push back the NBA draft early-entry deadline for college basketball players joins the