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715 Listings - DR (10/10)715 Listings - DR (10/10) The History of Computing - http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/
Detailed information including early pioneers and companies, archives, languages, and networking from the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech.
11 Listings - DR (9/10)11 Listings - DR (9/10) Tools For Thought - http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/
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.
1,235 Listings - DR (8/10)1,235 Listings - DR (8/10) Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology - http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=3784
New updated edition from MIT Press, with new interviews of historic characters.
2,096 Listings - DR (8/10)2,096 Listings - DR (8/10) Computers, Videogames and Arcade Collector's Ring - http://www.chez.com/samurai/RING/ring.htm
Computers, Videogames and Arcade Collector's Ring
270 Listings - DR (8/10)270 Listings - DR (8/10) The Association for History and Computing - http://odur.let.rug.nl/ahc/
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.
8 Listings - DR (8/10)8 Listings - DR (8/10) Computer Industry History - http://www.elsop.com/wrc/h_comput.htm
A list of links to the best computer industry history resources that can currently be found on the Net.
On Target - DR (7/10)On Target - DR (7/10) Silicon Valley to Internet Valley - http://netvalley.com/introduction.html
In San Francisco Bay Area; background, history, future: trends, forecasts.
11 Listings - DR (7/10)11 Listings - DR (7/10) History of Computers - http://www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html
A directory of sites about the history of computers arranged categorically and with specific topic and general topic sections.
1,256 Listings - DR (7/10)1,256 Listings - DR (7/10) Triumph of the Nerds - http://www.pbs.org/nerds/
Biographies, an interactive game, and a questions and answers forum trace the birth of the personal computer at this PBS companion site.
141 Listings - DR (7/10)141 Listings - DR (7/10) Chronology of Personal Computers - http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/
Timeline of microcomputers from the development of the microprocessor in the 1960s through to the present day. Includes hardware, software, peripherals, companies, and individuals.
43 Listings - DR (6/10)43 Listings - DR (6/10) National Archive for the History of Computing - http://www.chstm.manchester.ac.uk/research/nahc/
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.
1,861 Listings - DR (6/10)1,861 Listings - DR (6/10) The Modern History of Computing - http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/computing-history/
Historical survey from Babbage onward; by B. Jack Copeland from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) Computer History Images - http://www.crowl.org/Lawrence/history/
Pictures of many of the pioneering computers.
1,274 Listings - DR (5/10)1,274 Listings - DR (5/10) Computers in the Computer age - http://www.mcevansw.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
A look at the progression in computer technology throughout the ages.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) The Obsolete Technology Website - http://oldcomputers.net
Pictures, documents, and advertisements of classic computers from the 1970's and 1980's.
On Target - DR (5/10)On Target - DR (5/10) The History of Computing Project - http://www.thocp.net
Offers a detailed timeline on the history of computer. Sections include hardware, software, pioneers and references.
25 Listings - DR (5/10)25 Listings - DR (5/10) Jargon File Resources - http://catb.org/~esr/jargon/
The Jargon File (AKA, _The New Hacker's Dictionary_) is an essential repository of computer historical information.
8 Listings - DR (4/10)8 Listings - DR (4/10) Computer History Museum - http://computerhistory.org
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).
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) The History of Computing Science: From the Past to the Present - http://lecture.eingang.org/
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.
On Target - DR (4/10)On Target - DR (4/10) Computer History Association of California - http://www.chac.org/
Non-profit corporation, safeguards and organizes the history of electronic computing, internationally, nationally, and in California. They collect and archive hardware, software, and documents.
903 Listings - DR (4/10)903 Listings - DR (4/10) Charles Babbage Institute (CBI) - http://www.cbi.umn.edu/
A research center at the University of Minnesota dedicated to promoting the study and preservation of the history of computing and information processing.
369 Listings - DR (3/10)369 Listings - DR (3/10) Punched Cards - http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/cards/index.html
Covers the earliest ways of encoding data up to the cards used in voting systems today.
6 Listings - DR (3/10)6 Listings - DR (3/10) Reflections of a ModemJunkie - http://www.lgrossman.com/mjnk/
Writings on computers, the early online world, and the Internet, dating from 1992 to 2000.
On Target - DR (3/10)On Target - DR (3/10) PC History - http://pc-history.org/
This site is under construction but has some nice pictures of some pre-IBM machines.
15 Listings - DR (0/10)15 Listings - DR (0/10) Museum of the USSR Computers History - http://www.bashedu.ru/konkurs/tarhov/english/index_e.htm
A virtual museum containing historical information on computers and computer facilities in the USSR. Includes descriptions of computers, their characteristics, pictures, and personalities.
On Target - DR (0/10)On Target - DR (0/10) Computer History - http://www.computernostalgia.net/
Articles and photos on many topics; user submitted content with Wiki-style editing for registered users; photo gallery, forum, feedback.

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