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The Last Stop for Vintage Tech | Milwaukee News
Step into a time machine at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Retrolab — a living museum of computing history where vintage Apple IIs, floppy disks, and clunky monitors still work, letting you feel the frustration and patience of early tech. Run by history professor Thomas Haigh, this one-of-a-kind lab (the only one in the U.S. housed in a history department) lets students and visitors interact with machines from the 1970s to early 2000s, sparking nostalgia and hands-on learning. Started with just six computers during the pandemic, it’s now overflowing — even storing extras in the…
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