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On November 16, 1922, IBM System/360 hardware designer Gene Amdahl was born.

On Saturday, October 26, we held our termly Computer Museum Open House! The event ran from 10:00am to 4:00pm in DC 1301 and featured many of our interactive artifacts, recent acquisitions, and a couple guest displays.

Happy Halloween! These five retro games are perfect for this time of year.

The IBM 2741 Communications Terminal was a printing computer terminal introduced in the 1960s. Recently, we opened up our terminal looking for documentation, and in doing so, found a test sheet from 1980.

PETSCII is the character set used in Commodore computers. Its graphical symbols can be used to create blocky, pixelated images and animations.

The IMSAI 8080 is a microcomputer made by IMS Associates and released in 1975, first as a computer kit and later as a fully assembled unit.

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.

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.

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.

Explore the evolution of modern mobile technology through key artifacts like the CASIO QV-100 camera, HTC Dream smartphone, and Garmin eTrex GPS. These devices, from pioneering digital photography to early smartphone innovations and GPS functionalities, have collectively shaped today's versatile mobile devices, illustrating how technological advancements continue to redefine our daily experiences.