There's a train that takes visitors through the displays. Animatronic mannequins of bearded, ponytailed nerds robotically re-enact computer innovations of the last three decades. Some wear lab coats, but most wear tie-dye tee-shirts. Hollow PDP-11 computers, the LEDs real but the innards replaced with 8-bit microcontrollers, simulate the light patterns shown during heavy compilation. A replica RP04 hard drive the size of a washing machine rocks back and forth, showing what it was like to have bad sectors and instant retries on a hard disk with serious mass, 14-inch platters, and a real voice coil head actuator.
At the end, there's a log flume. Pictures are taken of the visitors during the descent, and are available on ridiculously overpriced tee-shirts. Clip-on ponytails are also available.
