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Tools For Thought


URL: http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/
ODP description: by Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of computing; includes Babbage, Turing, von Neumann, Engelbart, PARC, Kay, and Atari.
Page title: howard rheingold's | tools for thought

Jargon File Resources


URL: http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/
ODP description: The Jargon File (AKA, _The New Hacker's Dictionary_) is an essential repository of computer historical information.

Triumph of the Nerds


URL: http://www.pbs.org/nerds/
ODP description: Biographies, an interactive game, and a questions and answers forum trace the birth of the personal computer at this PBS companion site.
Page title: Welcome to Triumph of the Nerds!

History of Computers - hitmill.com


URL: http://www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html
ODP description: A collection of web resources sorted alphabetically. Topics include the Abacus, Eniac, Charles Babbage and Bill Gates.
Page title: History of Computers
Page description: The development of the modern day computer was the result of advances in technologies and man's need to quantify. The abacus was one of the first counting machines. Papyrus helped early man to record language and numbers. Some of the earlier counting machines lacked the technology to make the design work. For instance, some had parts made of wood prior to metal manipulation and manufacturing. Imagine the wear on wooden gears. This history o...

Chronology of Personal Computers


URL: http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/
ODP description: Timeline of microcomputers from the development of the microprocessor in the 1960s through to the present day.

The History of Computing


URL: http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/
ODP description: Detailed information including early pioneers and companies, archives, languages, and networking from the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech.
Page title: THE HISTORY OF COMPUTING

Charles Babbage Institute of Computer History


URL: http://www.cbi.umn.edu/
ODP description: CBI is a research center dedicated to promoting the study of the history of computing and its impact on society, and preserving relevant documentation.
Page title: Charles Babbage Institute

The Modern History of Computing


URL: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computing-history/
ODP description: Historical survey from Babbage onward; by B. Jack Copeland.
Page title: The Modern History of Computing (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

The History of Computing Science: From the Past to the Present


URL: http://lecture.eingang.org/
ODP description: Lecture presented by Michelle A. Hoyle explaining how computers and computing science arose from using sticks with notches for counting, to the massive explosion of personal computers in the 1980s.
Page title: History of Computing Science: Computer History from the Past
Page description: An overview of the developments that allowed the modern day computer to arise from first principles.

Computer Industry History


URL: http://www.elsop.com/wrc/h_comput.htm
ODP description: A list of links to the best computer industry history resources that can currently be found on the Net.
Page description: LinkScan Finds Broken Links and Creates SiteMaps. Developed by Electronic Software Publishing Corporation (Elsop)

Punched Cards


URL: http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/cards/index.html
ODP description: Covers the earliest ways of encoding data up to the cards used in voting systems today.
Page title: Douglas W. Jones's punched card index
Page description: punched card codes, data formats and historical information

Computer History Images


URL: http://www.crowl.org/Lawrence/history/
ODP description: Pictures of many of the pioneering computers.
Page title: Computer History Images -- Lawrence A. Crowl

Museum of the USSR Computers History


URL: http://www.bashedu.ru/konkurs/tarhov/english/index_e.htm
ODP description: A virtual museum containing historical information on computers and computer facilities in the USSR. Includes descriptions of computers, their characteristics, pictures, and personalities.
Page title: Музей истории компьютеров

The Association for History and Computing


URL: http://odur.let.rug.nl/ahc/
ODP description: An international organization which aims to promote and develop interest in the use of computers in all types of historical study at every level, in both teaching and research.

Computer History


URL: http://www.computernostalgia.net/
ODP description: Articles and photos on many topics; user submitted content with Wiki-style editing for registered users; photo gallery, forum, feedback.
Page title: History of computer, computer history - tracing the history of the computer
Page description: Tracing the history of the computer, including hardware, software, games, programming, and operating systems. Site also contains photos relating to the history of the computer.

National Archive for the History of Computing


URL: http://www.chstm.manchester.ac.uk/research/nahc/
ODP description: Houses the UK's most important collection of documents relating to the history of computing, and encourages interest and study in the history of computing more generally.
Page title: UK National Archive for the History of Computing (Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine - The University of Manchester)

PC History


URL: http://pc-history.org/
ODP description: An online magazine devoted to the history of all antique personal computers that existed since the 1970's It is sectioned by brands or types of personal computers.

Computer History Association of California


URL: http://www.chac.org/
ODP description: Non-profit corporation, safeguards and organizes the history of electronic computing, internationally, nationally, and in California. They collect and archive hardware, software, and documents.
Page title: Computer History Association of California (CHAC)
Page description: The history of computing in California, the magazine we publish about it, and the museum we're creating to display it. Links to computer history resources worldwide.

Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology


URL: http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=3784
ODP description: New updated edition from MIT Press, with new interviews of historic characters.
Page title: Tools for Thought - The MIT Press
Page description: The MIT Press online catalog contains descriptions of in-print and out-of-print books, current and past journals, online ordering/subscription options, contact and customer service information, news, events, and other materials relating to our publications.

The History of Computing Project


URL: http://www.thocp.net
ODP description: Offers a detailed timeline on the history of computer. Sections include hardware, software, pioneers and references.
Page title: the history of computing project
Page description: history of computing, computerhistory, history of computers

Computer History Museum


URL: http://computerhistory.org
ODP description: Focuses exclusively on the history of computing. Located in Mountain View, California. Search the collection, illustrated timeline, online exhibits and select images from the collection, "This Day in History," curator's choice, and the Hall of Fellows (awards for contributions to computing).

Silicon Valley to Internet Valley


URL: http://netvalley.com/introduction.html
ODP description: In San Francisco Bay Area; background, history, future: trends, forecasts.
Page description: Silicon Valley History and Future: Silicon Valley Timeline, Trends and more

Computers in the Computer age


URL: http://www.mcevansw.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
ODP description: A look at the progression in computer technology throughout the ages.
Page title: Homepage

Reflections of a ModemJunkie


URL: http://www.lgrossman.com/mjnk/
ODP description: Writings on computers, the early online world, and the Internet, dating from 1992 to 2000.
Page title: Reflections of a ModemJunkie - The Complete Archive -- [not] a weblog.

Computers, Videogames and Arcade Collector's Ring


URL: http://www.chez.com/samurai/RING/ring.htm
Page title: Introducing the Computers, Videogames and Arcade Collector's Ring

The Obsolete Technology Website


URL: http://oldcomputers.net
ODP description: Pictures, documents, and advertisements of classic computers from the 1970's and 1980's.
Page title: Old Computers - rare, vintage and obsolete computers
Page description: Old Computers - rare, vintage and obsolete computers!




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