Computer Industry History:
Comprehensive list of links to the best computer industry history
resources that can currently be found on the 'Net
http://www.elsop.com/wrc/h_comput.htm
Silicon Valley History and Future:
Silicon Valley -- San Francisco Bay Area -- background, trends and
forecast
http://www.internetvalley.com/introduction.html
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, and Atari.
http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/
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.
http://www.computingnet.co.uk
PC History:
This site is under construction but has some nice pictures of some
pre-IBM machines.
http://pc-history.org/
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.
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/
Computer History Association of California:
A non-profit 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.
http://www.chac.org/
The Vintage Computer:
Links to information about old home computers for collectors and
people on a very tight budget.
http://exoterra.tripod.com/vcc/
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, and individuals.
http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/
History of Computers:
A directory of sites about the history of computers arranged
categorically and with specific topic and general topic sections.
http://www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html
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.
http://www.pbs.org/nerds/
Computer History Images:
Pictures of many of the pioneering computers.
http://www.Crowl.org/Lawrence/history/
Brief History of Computers:
Charts the evolution of computers from ancient times to the present.
http://www.angelfire.com/de3/dacz/briefhistoryintro.htm
The History of Computing Project:
Offers a detailed timeline on the history of computer. Sections
include hardware, software, pioneers and references.
http://www.thocp.net
Museum of the USSR Computers History:
A virtual museum containing historical information on computers and
computer facilities in the USSR. Includes descriptions of computers,
their characteristics, pictures, and personalities.
http://www.bashedu.ru/konkurs/tarhov/english/index_e.htm
The History of Computing Science: From the Past to the Present:
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.
http://lecture.eingang.org/
Punched Cards:
Covers the earliest ways of encoding data up to the cards used in
voting systems today.
http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/cards/index.html
The Obsolete Technology Website:
Pictures, documents, and advertisements of classic computers from
the 1970's and 1980's.
http://oldcomputers.net
Jargon File Resources:
The Jargon File (AKA, _The New Hacker's Dictionary_) is an essential
repository of computer historical information.
http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/
