The European Society for Computer Preservation
We take care of old computers
We restore, maintain and exhibit the machines that made the history of information technology, from the 1950s to the 2000s, and we share manuals, documentation and knowledge to keep them alive.
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News
All news →- Saturday 3rd and Sunday 4th October 2026ESoCoP will be present at "Equilibri digitali @ A Bit of History", held by MuPIN, the Piedmont Museum of Information Technology, at the Docks Dora in Turin (Italy), with the exhibition "The Beginning of Small Things": the single-board computers and training kits with which the microprocessor era began, such as the MOS KIM-1, the Multitech Micro-Professor, the COSMAC ELF and various other boards. More information on the event site: A Bit of History.
- Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd October 2026The Moebius association of Lugano celebrates the 30th anniversary of its foundation with the Moebius awards ceremony, held in the Aula Magna of the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) in Lugano (Ticino, Switzerland). ESoCoP will be present with an installation of the travelling exhibition CTRL+Cinema: iconic computers and the blockbuster films in which they played a leading role. More information on www.moebiuslugano.ch.
- Sunday 27th September 2026ESoCoP will be present at Varese Retrocomputing 2026 in Comerio (Varese, Italy) with the exhibition "EsoTREK: Next generation Apple": the Apple Lisa, the Macintosh 128K, 512K, Plus, Colour Classic and SE, and the NeXT Cube and NeXTstation, the machines of Steve Jobs' second act. More information on the event site: Varese Retrocomputing.
Next events
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8th November 2026Brusaretro 2026
7th - 8th November 2026Vintage Computer Festival 2026- 3rd - 4th October 2026A Bit of History 2026
- 27th September 2026Varese Retrocomputing 2026
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Documentation
Manuals, schematics, brochures and software for the machines we preserve, free for everyone who keeps an old computer running.
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