ALEX was an early videotex communications service released to the public in 1988. It included a CRT monitor attached to a keyboard with eight extra function keys, and a phone.
Students had access to systems, like the System/360 75, that could compile, read, and interpret their work. This program was coined Cafeteria Style Computing
There are ten Apple II models that have been officially released by Apple, and around two hundred copies.
Computer science comics that were found while cataloguing.
A look into a 1984 perspective of coding a BASIC artificial intelligence program.
A short history of the Polaroid Polaprinter.
The process of building a 4.5" Macintosh SE.
The artifact pictured is an Apple Newton MessagePad 110.
The artifact pictured is believed to be a core memory board from Waterloo’s very own IBM 1620.
Part 2 of the blog series about the history of Pascal is a personal reflection on learning Pascal and participating in programming competitions in China.