OMSI (Organization)

Type: organization

Industry: Science Museum and Educational Institution

Location: Portland, Oregon

Alias: OMSI, OMSI, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry

OMSI
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is a science and technology museum in Portland, Oregon.
In the 1970s, OMSI operated an active computing education center where students could take weekend programming classes.
OMSI was also the birthplace of the OMSI Pascal compiler for DEC minicomputers, whose developers later spun out to found Oregon Software|Oregon Minicomputer Software, Inc. (OMSI).
Randal Schwartz attended weekend Pascal classes at OMSI during his high school years. See OMSI Pascal Classes and the Birth of Oregon Software.

These facts are as Randal recalls them, but much time has passed for most of this. If you find a factual error, please email realmerlyn@gmail.com.