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A display cabinet showing a Mac Classic II, an old manual type writer, press passes, and two journalism related books

Mac Classic II on display
A Mac Classic II from the Lab's collection is part of a journalism history exhibit
2026-02-03

Altair computer, cover off, in a display case

Altair Exhibit
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Altair 8800 microcomputer
2025-09-22

A beige terminal with a CRT displaying the word Telidon

Remember Tomorrow: A Telidon Story
We are pleased to announce an online exhibition featuring our restorations of Canadian videotex artworks. Runs April 25th, 2025 through April 24th, 2030.
2025-04-25

A woman and a man seated in front of a large CRT computer monitor, facing the camera

Hypertext & Art
The Lab was honoured to host and sponsor the North American premiere of the Electronic Literature Lab's exhibition "Hypertext & Art: A Retrospective of Forms," curated by Dr. Dene Grigar, at DHSI 2024.
2024-06-14

Front view of Altair 8800, showing toggle switches and LEDs

Altair 8800 and 8800b restoration
An extensive restoration of the Lab's two Altair computers was recently completed.
2024-04-15

People looking at media artworks in a gallery

Remember Tomorrow (Gallery Exhibition)
Held at InterAccess media arts centre in Toronto, this exhibition features the lab's restorations of historic Canadian Telidon artworks
2023-09-06

A group of people, old and young, in a room full of old computers

Open house at IdeaFest 2020
The newly-opened Historic Computing Lab held a well-attended Open House as part of the Libraries Ideafest 2020 event, "Class of 2030: Your UVic Library of the Future."
2020-03-07

Instructors and students gathered around a group of 1980s-era compact Macs

Retro Machines and Media
The HCL was pleased to host & support this 5-day workshop given at DHSI 2019, led by Dr. Dene Grigar (WSU).
2019-06-14

A bearded man with a long scarf seated in front of an old beige Mac with a large monitor

Traversal of Tim McLaughlin's "Notes Toward Absolute Zero"
The Lab was honoured to host author Tim McLaughlin conducting a traversal of his noted Canadian hypertext novel. The session was followed by a Q&A moderated by Dr. Dene Grigar, WSU
2019-03-01

 

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