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- A Brief History of Computing - Personal homepage that offers an insight into the history of hardware, the Internet and the Windows operating system.
ox.compsoc.net/~swhite/history/history.html
- A Short History of the Computer - The author takes the user through a short tour of computer history including subjects such as advances in the 50's and 60's. Also includes photos of Charles Babbage and Herman Hollerith.
www.softlord.com/comp
- Aronsson's Telecom History - A timeline of important events in the history of telecom, computing, and communication. Split into annual sections.
aronsson.se/hist.html
- Automatic Totalisator, The - Relating to the invention of the world's first automatic totalisator in 1913. A multi user system in 1913 with 30 terminals.
www.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/computer.htm
- Computer Chronicles - From Stone to Silicon - Uses a timeline to take the user through the various milestones of computer technology. Subjects include the abacus, vacuum tubes, transistors and microprocessors. Published by Thinkquest.
library.thinkquest.org/22522
- Computer50.org - 50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Manchester Baby computer and the Manchester Mark 1 and Ferranti Mark 1.
www.computer50.org
- Computerworld's History of Computing Resources - A collection of Web resources, books and Computerworld articles about the history of computing.
www.computerworld.com/cwi/research_links/research_content/0,1894,NAV63-128-1357-1366_LNK323,00.html
- History of Computers - During my Lifetime - Select events from a timeline spanning the 1970's to the 1990's. Subjects include the Commodore PET, the Amiga, RISC architectures and virtual reality.
www.pattosoft.com.au/jason/Articles/HistoryOfComputers
- History of Computing - Series of articles by Dag Spicer in Dr Dobb's. Topics include the IBM 650 and the LINC personal computer, the articles are available in printer friendly formats.
www.ddj.com/columns/history/index.htm
- History of Computing - Rajivshah.com - A personal collection of links to historical topics. Maintained by Rajiv Shah.
www.rajivshah.com/directory/History
- History of the PDP-11 Series - Article dedicated to the PDP-11 series of computers. Features a family tree with UNIBUS and Q-BUS system history.
www.telnet.hu/hamster/pdp-11
- Maxmon.com - A History of Computers - Offers an array of information arranged by date including microprocessors, keyboards, the first computer bug and the 8008 microprocessor.
www.maxmon.com/timeline.htm
- Mind Machine Museum - A collection of information and illustrations on the subjects of computers, calculators and games. Topics include the IBM 5100 portable computer and the Commodore KIM-1 and VIC 20 microcomputers.
userwww.sfsu.edu/~hl/mmm.html
- Quux.Org Archive & Library - An archive aimed at preserving important pieces of computing and general history. It contains source code and programs with an eye towards emulators and rare/endangered code. Also present are specs and photos of old equipment and several e-book collections.
gopher://quux.org
- Teletext - Then and Now - Discover the evolution of the Teletext system. Events spanning 1972 to the present with topics such as CEEFAX, ORACLE and the BBC micro software. Written by Mark Cook and Mike Brown.
teletext.mb21.co.uk/timeline
- The History of Computer Science: From the Past to the Present - An overview of the developments that allowed the modern day computer to arise from first principles, including looking at Stonehenge, ENIAC, Pascaline, and Turing machines.
www.eingang.org/Lecture
- The History of Project Delta - Photographs from the era, mailing list, alumni directory, and a PDP-11 simulator with RSTS/E operating system.
www.eecis.udel.edu/~mader/delta
- The Ways of Counting - Essay on the history of computers from the abacus, logarithm, ENIAC, and massively parallel computers. Written by computer pioneer Philip Emeagwali.
www.emeagwali.com/essays/technology/computing/history-of-computing-abacus-logarithm-eniac-supercomputers.html
- Vintage Computer Ads - Advertisements for home computers and video games from the early 1980s, giving an insight into the early specifications and pricing.
www.sbrowning.com/vintage
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