{"id":26252,"date":"2026-09-18T15:30:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T19:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?p=26252"},"modified":"2026-09-18T15:53:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T19:53:07","slug":"vintage-computing-barn-find-unboxing-fri-oct-2-2026-2-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2026\/vintage-computing-barn-find-unboxing-fri-oct-2-2026-2-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Computing barn find unboxing: Fri. Oct. 2, 2026 @ 2 pm"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Vintage Computing barn find unboxing: Fri. Oct. 2, 2026 @ 2 pm\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A rare AES Alphaplus 12, a Canadian-built computer with ties to the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), has resurfaced after decades forgotten in a rural Edmonton barn and is heading to Carleton University&#8217;s Vintage Computing Collection for its first unboxing in nearly half a century.<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With almost no documentation of this exact model anywhere, not even in Canada&#8217;s own national science and technology museum, nobody knows exactly what we&#8217;ll find inside. Come be part of the reveal, watch us identify and assess this rare piece of Canadian computing history live, and celebrate a genuine, one-of-a-kind rediscovery.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">When<\/strong>: Fri. Oct. 2, 2026 @ 2 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Where<\/strong>: Carleton University Herzberg Building room 4155<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Zoom Livestream<\/strong>: &lt;available before the event&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Backgrounder<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/2026\/lost-45-year-old-canadian-computer-resurfaces-heads-to-carleton-for-unboxing\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"26085\">Lost 45-Year-Old Canadian Computer Resurfaces, Heads to Carleton for Unboxing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/vintage-computing\/\">Home<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With almost no documentation of this exact model anywhere, not even in Canada&#8217;s own national science and technology museum, nobody knows exactly what we&#8217;ll find inside. 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