University of Victoria Libraries

Historic Computing Lab

John Durno
CSDN CoP Knowledge Exchange 2026

TOUR

Commodore

Apple

Macs, Appletalk

PCs

DEC computers & terminals

DEC, NeXT, SGI, IBM PC/AT (Xenix)

CANADIAN COMPUTING

Pied Piper running CP/M

NABU and modern "network adapter"

Microtel Homebrew Luggable [Photo: Brent Hilpert]

http://madrona.ca/e/MEP/index.html

Microtel VTX-202 Telidon Terminal [Photo: Brent Hilpert]

http://madrona.ca/e/telidon/index.html

Prototype Electrohome NAPLPS Decoder

ORIGINS

Ideafest graphic, 2016

UVic Surplus Warehouse, 2016

Teleray Terminal, 2018

Rob Ferguson [image by UVic Photo Services]

EVENTS, WORKSHOPS, PROJECTS

Data recovery from obsolete media

Visting researcher Mimi Lam, 2026

Retro Machines & Media, DHSI 2019

Dene Grigar & John Durno, Hypertext and Art, 2024

Remember Tomorrow Opening, Interaccess Sept 2023

Modern Telidon display

Restorations - Altair 8800i (Brent Hilpert, madrona.ca)

http://madrona.ca/e/altair8800i/index.html

Altair Exhibit, Fall 2025

Kula Launch event, Fall 2025

APL "Business" Cards, 2026

THE FUTURE

• Plan 9 Workshop [sponsor]
• Telidon Art doc [filming location]
• Move to new space, summer 2026
• Future of Digital Media Art Histories?
• Canadian Computing Heritage Network?

QUESTIONS?

jdurno@uvic.ca
https://hclab.library.uvic.ca