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Hardware Day, Thursday August 10, 2023
2023-08-10 10:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
Attention all Vintage Computer enthusiasts!

On Thursday August 10th, the UW Computer Museum will be hosting a
"Hardware Day" in which we will bring out a number of older computers
and see which, if any, we can get running.

We will be working in DC1316 (the Computer Museum office) and DC2314
which we have booked for the day. You are welcome to join us to help
or just see what's going on!

Timing: 10am setup, 4pm tear down.

Some of the machines we're planning to work on:

- Original Macintosh Plus/SE
- Apple ][ plus
- original IBM PC/XT
- Panasonic Executive Partner
- DEC PDP 11/04
- TRS-80 Model II
- an old Pong game

Math Reunion (Sept 2017)
2017-09-30 | M3 - Mathematics 3 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
The Faculty of Mathematics held a pancake breakfast in Mathematics 3
on September 30, 2017 to celebrate 50 years of Mathematics, and we set
up some small tables with recent acquisitions and old favourites.

Alumni Weekend - June 1, 2024
2024-06-01 | DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Avenue West DC1301 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
The Computer Museum will be open on Saturday June 1, 2024 to welcome
visiting alumni.

Reading Artifacts Workshop (May 2015)
2015-05-27 09:30 - 15:30 | DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
Learn to "read" objects from UWaterloo's rich computer history and
help design an exhibit!

Hardware Day (July 2017)
2017-07-04 10:00 - 11:00
ABOUT

In July 2017, we're putting some of our treasures on display as part
of a celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Faculty of
Mathematics.

On July 4, Eric Manning, Scott Campbell and Trevor Grove will be
talking as part of Hardware Day (videos will be added here).
Immediately after the talks, we'll open the exhibit in the Math and
Computer building, room 3011. Until July 14 you can come and see:

* Panels from the IBM 1620 and IBM System/360 Model 75--two critical
computers from the 1960s.
* SuperPET and a SuperPET emulator, so you can go back to the early
1980s and learn to program BASIC, FORTRAN, APL, COBOL, or Pascal.
* Vintage microcomputers, terminals, slide rules, and computer
storage devices
* A 3D tour of the Red Room

Normal visiting hours are 10am to noon, but contact us
at computer.museum@uwaterloo.ca to arrange a tour.

If you have any donations, feel free to drop them off as well or get
in touch [/computer-museum/about-us/visiting].

We'll upload some photos as the exhibit unfolds!

Computer Museum Hardware Day March 5, 2024
2024-03-05 10:00 - 16:00 | DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre, Room DC1301 "Fishbowl" 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
The Computer Museum will be hosting a hands-on event with a variety of
old computers and artifacts.

We will have a guest speaker, Devon Merner, who will talk about how
the iMac G5 was used in the development of the Xbox. Includes live
demo. Devon's talk starts at 2pm.

Mark your calendars!

More details to come.

Hardware Day - October 28, 2023
2023-10-28 10:00 - 16:00 | DC - William G. Davis Computer Research Centre 200 University Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada
Our second Hardware Day of 2023 will be Saturday, October 28, 10am to
4pm in DC2585.

We'll be testing old hardware to get some of it running. Come join the
fun! You can help or bring your own retro computer to show off, or
just see what's up.
