Event Details
Come join our celebration of APL history at the Computer Museum Open House on Saturday, October 25, 2025!
The event will be held in the Davis Centre "Fishbowl" (DC 1301), and will run from 11:00am to 4:00pm. We will have various APL-related artifacts on display, along with interactive retro computers and some of our recent acquisitions. There will also be guest exhibits from the KW Computer Heritage Group.
Our Open House is free to attend, and all visitors are welcome!
Guest Speaker
Mathematics alumni Steve McDowell (B.Math 1982), software developer at the University's Computer Systems Group and then WATCOM, will be joining us at 1:30PM to talk about his experiences as one of the developers of Waterloo microAPL: The Story of Waterloo microAPL.
You can watch the recording of the talk on YouTube.
Kids' Science Open House plus the Gem and Mineral Show
Our event will coincide with two other great events that day at the University of Waterloo.
Also check out the Kids' Science Open House and the Gem and Mineral Show in EIT hosted by our friends at Science Outreach.
Donations
We can discuss potential artifact donations during the Open House, but our time may be limited to properly talk and document matters. To give your artifact the respect it deserves, please contact us ahead of time so we can talk about how best to proceed.
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