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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/ |
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.
http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/ |
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.
http://www.chac.org/ |
Computer History Images
Pictures of many of the pioneering computers.
http://www.cs.orst.edu/~crowl/history/ |
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 |
Computers, Videogames and Arcade Collector's Ring
http://www.chez.com/samurai/RING/ring.htm |
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 |
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 |
Jones Telecommunications and Multimedia Encyclopedia
Computers, their history and development.
http://www.digitalcentury.com/encyclo/update/comp_hd.html |
PC History
This site is under construction but has some nice pictures of some pre-IBM machines.
http://pc-history.org/ |
Silicon Valley History and Future
Silicon Valley -- San Francisco Bay Area -- background, trends and forecast
http://www.internetvalley.com/introduction.html |
The New Hacker's Dictionary
A hacking jargon site including info on writing style, hacker terms, lamer-speak and more.
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/jargon/ |
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")
http://exoterra.tripod.com/vcc/vintage.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, Atari, and far more.
http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/ |
Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology
New updated edition from MIT Press, with new interviews of historic characters.
http://mitpress.mit.edu/book-home.tcl?isbn=0262681153 |
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/ |
Vintage Computer Festival
Annual Silicon Valley event celebrating our computer heritage.
http://www.vintage.org/ |
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