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COMPUTER HISTORY

  • 8-bits Rendez-Vous - Bilingual site (French and English) about 8-bit systems. Includes a virtual museum, personal collection, collector's corner, several quizzes, and the Stupid Scan of the Week.
  • A Brief History of Programming Languages - A special Byte Magazine article published for Byte's 20th anniversary special report
  • Abacus to Supercomputers --- 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.
  • Alan J. Flavell - A physics professor tells about some of the early computers he worked with.
  • Apollo Domain OS - Offers an archive of information including patches and jumpers for users of this operating system.
  • Aquarius Home Computer System - All about the home computer with technical information and links.
  • AST - Features service and support for AST computer systems.
  • Blinkenlights Archaeological Institute - The Institute was established in 1997 to excavate, preserve, research, and present interesting and historically significant computing devices.
  • Care and Feeding of Elderly Computers - Ian Fleming's computer collection: PERQ, Whitechapel, Inmos Transputer, UNIX-PC, and Sun-3.
  • Charles Babbage Institute - CBI is a research center dedicated to promoting the study of the history of computing and its impact on society, and preserving relevant documentation.
  • Charles Babbage Institute (CBI) - A research center at the University of Minnesota dedicated to promoting the study and preservation of the history of computing and information processing.
  • Chronology of Personal Computers - Timeline of microcomputers from the development of the microprocessor in the 1960s through to the present day. Includes hardware, software, peripherals, companies, individuals, etc.
  • Classic 8-bit Computers - Documentation for classic 8-bit computer systems and links to Usenet FAQs
  • Computer Archeology - History, collecting and technical information on old obsolete computers and video games. Mainly, Atari, Commodore, Apple, Poqet, Phillips, Nintendo and Mainframes.
  • Computer chronology - Major computer events and facts since 1937.
  • Computer History Association of California - Chac is a nonprofit corporation, who safeguards and organizes the history of electronic computing, not only in California, but nationally and internationally. They collect and archive hardware, software and documents.
  • Computer History Images - Pictures of many of the pioneering computers.
  • Computer Industry History - Comprehensive list of links to the best computer industry history resources that can currently be found on the 'Net
  • Computers, Videogames and Arcade Collector's Ring
  • Computerworld's History of Computing Resources - A collection of Web resources, books and Computerworld articles about the history of computing.
  • Computing Millennium timeline - A project to create the definitive list of the 1,000 key innovations and events in the last 1,000 years of information technology.
  • Cosmac Elf - History of 1802-based computing and home of the TinyELF emulator for Palm OS handhelds. Documents, scans, message board.
  • Eric Smith's Retrocomputing page - This is a veritable "home museum" covering the personal computer from the PDP-11 and the IBM 5100 onwards...
  • FLEX User Group - Historical, technical and archival information on the FLEX.
  • Garbage Dump Computing - By Justin Hayward.
  • Historical Computer Society - International user group for old computer enthusiasts "old computers" and/or "old enthusiasts. Dedicated to preserving older and classic computer hardware, software, and literature.
  • History of Computers - Cruise through history to discover some of the key developments that have brought society to its present state of computing.
  • History of Computing - Article by Dag Spicer in DrDobb's.
  • History of Computing Information - History of computing, with a focusing on the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the world's first operational, general purpose, electronic digital computer.
  • History of Visual Programming Languages - History of Visual Programming Languages
  • HP Integral Personal Computer - Information and software for the HP 9807 IPC.
  • IBM 1620 - Homage to the venerable IBM 1620 computer.
  • IBM PC/XT Club - Here at Uncreative Labs we don't want to let the legend of the IBM PC/XT die. We have decided to let people of the computing community know who the proud owners of XTs are by posting their machines on this webpage.
  • Intel Museum - Located in Santa Clara, experience the power of computer chips first hand, and the evolution of their development.
  • Jargon File Resources - The Jargon File (AKA, _The New Hacker's Dictionary_) is an essential repository of computer historical information.
  • Java: Cornerstone of the Global Network Enterprise? - Brian Youman's paper on Java including some historical notes: "Java: Cornerstone of the Global Network Enterprise?"
  • John Elliott - Dedicated to computers and/or operating systems which some might describe as obsolete.
  • Jones Telecommunications and Multimedia Encyclopedia - Computers, their history and development.
  • Lawrence Wilkinson's IBM 360/30 Saga. - Description of the resurrection of an abandoned IBM system 360 model 30 mainframe computer, stored in a warehouse, into a working machine, by a group of enthusiasts.
  • MIXTEL - Site is dedicated to the first home computer that could be bought in the UK.
  • MonoCall - A NetZine dedicated to computers both new and old with the accent firmly on the old.
  • Obsolete Computer Museum - Tom Carlson's amazing collection of old computers.
  • PC - History - This is a site devoted to the history of the PC, covers all types of personal computers from 1970 to present.
  • PC History - This site is under construction but has some nice pictures of some pre-IBM machines.
  • PERQ Workstations - All about PERQ workstations.
  • Preserving our IT History - Computer Conservation Society's project designed to re-incarnate the genie in the software of yesteryear.
  • Retro Computer Gallery - Collection of pictures of old computers, consoles, handhelds and magazines.
  • Retro Review - Retro computing magazine.
  • Retrocomputing Archive - Software for classic computer systems.
  • Silicon Heaven? - Classic microcomputers of the late '70s and early '80s. Photos, specs and memories.
  • Silicon Valley History and Future - Silicon Valley -- San Francisco Bay Area -- background, trends and forecast
  • Small Computer Systems - Lists support for "classic" computers and gives views on why to use them.
  • System 80 Support Site - Dedicated to the System 80, a TRS-80 Model 1 clone, popular in Australia and New Zealand in the early 1980's and a TRS-80 model 1 (near-)clone.
  • The AT&T Unix PC - AT&T 3B1/7300 Unix PC information archives.
  • The Burroughs B-205 Computer - A mixture of science fiction and fact concerning the B205.
  • The Clones Page - A page dedicated to users of older computers.
  • The Compaq Portable Page - Retro computing for the connoisseur geek supports I, II, III, 286 and 386.
  • The Computer Closet - Collection of classic computers and video games rescued from the junk heap to preserve our technological legacy.
  • The Development of the Computer - An account of the involvement of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency in the history of computing in the UK.
  • The Maniac III - One of the first 2nd generation computers, hand built in the late 50's and early 60's at the Institute for Computer Research at the University of Chicago.
  • The Old Computer - Dedicated to all aspects of retro computing, old computers, games consoles, handhelds, games and watches.
  • The Old Computer Retrobug - Site dedicated to old computers with pictures, links and information.
  • The Oldskool PC Shrines - Honoring personal computing in the 1980s.
  • The PERQ Graphics Workstation WWW Page and Archive - FAQ pertaining to PERQ.
  • The Retro-Computing Society of Rhode Island - Users' group with an interest in vintage computer hardware systems and software.
  • The SWTPC Computer Documentation Repository - Documentation for the SWTPC computer line.
  • The Vintage Computer - Links to information about old home computers for collectors and people on a very tight budget. Cheesy -- but perhaps it's a conscious image choice ("sure it's old and ugly, but it gets the job done")
  • Tools For Thought - by Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of computing; includes Babbage, Turing, von Neumann, Engelbart, PARC, Kay, Atari, and far more.
  • Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology - New updated edition from MIT Press, with new interviews of historic characters.
  • Triumph of the Nerds - Bios, an interactive game, and a Q&A forum trace the birth of the personal computer at this PBS companion site.
  • Unisys History Newsletter - Information and links to computer history.
  • UNIVAC Memories - An ever growing collection of memorabilia, contemporary documents, and anecdotes recounting the history of UNIVAC 1100 series mainframes.
  • Vector Graphics Terminals - Information about storage tube vector graphics terminals, with examples from a private collection.
  • Vintage Computer Festival - Annual Silicon Valley event celebrating our computer heritage.
  • Vintage Computers - Personal page dealing with the author's collection of microcomputers.
  • Xerox Star Research Paper - An on-going research paper about the Xerox 8010; the Star.

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