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William Henry Breithaupt: Shaping Waterloo's Past, Present, and Future
William Henry Breithaupt's legacy in Waterloo, Ontario spans vital engineering projects and civic leadership, profoundly influencing local development and historical preservation. Discover his enduring impact on the region's infrastructure and cultural heritage.
Featured Artifacts: Computing Training Equipment
The Computer Museum's collection contains a few artifacts that were designed in the early 1970s to help people learn about the fundamentals of computing. Not all were used here at the school, but they provide insight as to what learning computing was like around the time the department was founded.
Special Visitor: Robert J. Sawyer
We had Canadian Science Fiction author Robert J. Sawyer and his wife, poet Carolyn Clink, drop by the museum today. He’s in town to discuss his latest novel "The Downloaded", set in Waterloo.
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"It's part of my history"
From the April 10, 2023 Daily Bulletin:
Years ago, when Nancy (BA ’78) and Allan McCalder (BA ’78) came back to the University of Waterloo for a tour, they knew their kids needed to see the computer.
If you were also a Waterloo student in the 1960s or 70s, you probably understand why. At that time, the Math and Computer building (MC) housed the largest computer in Canada, the IBM 360 Model 75. It was housed in the centre of MC, and any student or passerby could peer in through the windows to see its gigantic size.
“The whole main floor was a computer,” says Nancy. “It was humungous. We said to our boys, ‘We’ve got to see this computer.' They loved computers, and so we went to the math building and looked in the room.”
Nancy and Allan were shocked at what they saw.
https://uwaterloo.ca/daily-bulletin/2023-04-10#it-s-part-of-my-history
Celebrate the day Internet was born!
Happy birthday to the internet! The first message was sent on ARPANET network on October 29, 1969.
Mystery Artifacts of the Week
What could be the name of this mystery item? Find it out at the Computer Museum in the David R. Cheriton SChool of Computer Science.