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The lab, created and&nbsp;maintained&nbsp;by technology historian&nbsp;and professor&nbsp;Thomas Haigh, offers a&nbsp;special&nbsp;hands-on opportunity to explore the machines, software and materials that&nbsp;shape&nbsp;the digital world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Retrocomputing&nbsp;Lab is one of only four of its kind in the United States,&nbsp;and the only one operated within a history department, making it a unique resource for both teaching and research.\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Lab Built for Experience, Not Just Observation<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike a traditional museum, the&nbsp;Retrocomputing&nbsp;Lab is designed as a working collection of everyday machines. Students&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;just look at the&nbsp;past,&nbsp;they interact with it.&nbsp;The lab includes around 20 fully functional computer systems, along with printers, storage devices,&nbsp;manuals&nbsp;and software spanning from the late 1970s through the early 2000s.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Much of the collection comes from Haigh\u2019s personal archive, combined with donations, university surplus, and carefully selected additions.\u202fThis approach reflects the lab\u2019s central goal: not to collect rare or exotic artifacts, but to recreate what it&nbsp;actually felt&nbsp;like&nbsp;to use&nbsp;computers in different eras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why Hands-On History Matters<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91483774\/these-historic-computing-labs-teach-kids-what-technology-was-like-before-phones-social-media-and-the-cloud\">https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91483774\/these-historic-computing-labs-teach-kids-what-technology-was-like-before-phones-social-media-and-the-cloud<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As highlighted in a recent feature by&nbsp;Fast Company,&nbsp;one of the biggest challenges in teaching the history of computing is that today\u2019s students have no lived experience with older technologies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For many undergraduates, devices like&nbsp;the&nbsp;Apple&nbsp;II,&nbsp;early IBM PCs, or even floppy disks were already obsolete before they were born.\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haigh created the&nbsp;Retrocomputing&nbsp;Lab in part to bridge that gap. By giving&nbsp;students&nbsp;the chance to load programs from disks, navigate early operating systems, or play vintage games, the lab makes abstract history tangible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the article explains, this kind of experience cannot be fully replicated through emulators or modern devices. The physical interaction,&nbsp;the keyboards, the delays, and the trial-and-error&nbsp;process are&nbsp;essential to understanding how computing actually worked.\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Inside the Classroom: HIST 399<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2026\/04\/IMG_8651-5-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Students in History: 399 interacting with materials from Professor Haigh\" class=\"wp-image-6759\" style=\"width:246px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2026\/04\/IMG_8651-5-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2026\/04\/IMG_8651-5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2026\/04\/IMG_8651-5-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2026\/04\/IMG_8651-5-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/212\/2026\/04\/IMG_8651-5-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Students in History:399 interacting with materials in the Retrocomputting lab with Professor Haigh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In HIST 399, students examine how computers evolved from niche tools into universal technologies. The&nbsp;Retrocomputing&nbsp;Lab plays&nbsp;a central role&nbsp;in that process.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the recent class visit, students explored early personal computing systems such as the&nbsp;Altair 8800, TRS-80 Model I and Apple II,&nbsp;machines that introduced programming,&nbsp;gaming&nbsp;and personal productivity into everyday life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They also examined a mechanical teletype terminal, which printed computer responses onto paper, offering insight into how people interacted with computers before modern screens and interfaces.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through these experiences, students gain a clearer understanding of both the technical limitations and the cultural expectations surrounding early computing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Looking Back to Understand the Future<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Retrocomputing&nbsp;Lab is not only about preserving the past, but also about helping students think critically about the future of technology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Fast Company article notes, modern computing increasingly relies on cloud services, online infrastructure, and constantly updated software. This raises important questions about what aspects of today\u2019s technology will be preserved, and what may be lost.\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By contrast, many of the systems in the&nbsp;Retrocomputing&nbsp;Lab are fully self-contained, allowing them to be restored, studied and experienced decades later.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lab also reflects a growing interest among students in tangible, understandable, and not constantly connected technology, a contrast to today\u2019s always-online digital environment.\u202f&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A Resource for the 51ÁÔÆæ Community<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;Retrocomputing&nbsp;Lab is open to members of the 51ÁÔÆæ community by appointment or during scheduled open house sessions. 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