{"id":6984,"date":"2026-09-22T13:57:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T18:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/history\/?p=6984"},"modified":"2026-10-15T15:59:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T20:59:25","slug":"uwms-retrolab-welcomes-doors-open-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/history\/uwms-retrolab-welcomes-doors-open-milwaukee\/","title":{"rendered":"UWM&#8217;s Retrolab Welcomes Doors Open Milwaukee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Part nostalgic digital playground, part digital and technological history lesson, UWM\u2019s Retrolab in Holton Hall 402 is one of just four such retro computing labs in the entire country. Its collection of some 50 vintage computers dates back to the 1970s \u2013 from PCs and Apple Macintosh machines to legends like the Apple II, Atari 2600 and Commodore 64. Complete with productivity and entertainment software, it serves as a valuable, hands-on teaching experience for UWM students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-visitor-experience\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Visitor Experience<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step into the Retrolab and back into the computer gaming world of days gone by. Visitors will get a few minutes to play their favorite old-school games on their original machines and explore the lab\u2019s fully functioning catalog of computers. You\u2019ll also meet the UWM history professor who created the space, preserves the machines and made it what it is today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Check it out at <a href=\"https:\/\/historicmilwaukee.org\/doors-open\/buildings\/uwm-history-department-retro-computing-lab\/\">https:\/\/historicmilwaukee.org\/doors-open\/buildings\/uwm-history-department-retro-computing-lab\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part nostalgic digital playground, part digital and technological history lesson, UWM\u2019s Retrolab in Holton Hall 402 is one of just four such retro computing labs in the entire country. 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