The KCG Museum and Computer Museum at Kyoto Computer Gakuin (KCG) Kyoto Ekimae Campus were featured in the book "An Exciting Tour of University Museums in Kyoto" (author: Satoru Ohtsubo) published in November 2024.The two-page article is titled "Rare Computer Masterpieces You Can Only See Here.In 2009, the KCG Museum received the nation's first certification as a "Distributed Computer Museum" from the Information Processing Society of Japan (now a general incorporated association) for "preserving many of the most valuable equipment in Japan.
It contains detailed information about the history of the KCG Group and the Computer Museum, along with photographs of the TOSBAC-3400 and OKITAC-4300C systems, which were recognized by the Information Processing Society of Japan as the nation's first "Information Processing Technology Heritage".
Exciting University Museum Tour in Kyoto" is A5 size, 125 pages, 1,900 yen.Mr. Ohtsubo has previously published "An Exciting Tour of Tokyo's University Museums.
The KCG Archives and Computer Museum preserves and exhibits computers and other equipment used in education, training, and research at KCG, Japan's first computer education institution, for more than 60 years since its founding.There are seven models of "Heritage of Information Processing Technology" including "TOSBAC-3400" and "OKITAC-4300C System," and many other valuable machines from the past are on display, attracting many visitors as a place where they can get up close and personal with the technology that supported Japan's rapid economic growth.