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  • Computer Industry History

    Comprehensive list of links to the best computer industry history resources that can currently be found on the 'Net

    www.elsop.com

  • 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.

    www.computingnet.co.uk

  • PC History

    This site is under construction but has some nice pictures of some pre-IBM machines.

    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.

    www.cbi.umn.edu

  • Computer History Association of California

    Non-profit corporation, safeguards and organizes the history of electronic computing, internationally, nationally, and in California. They collect and archive hardware, software, and documents.

    www.chac.org

  • 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.

    www.islandnet.com

  • Computers, Videogames and Arcade Collector's Ring

    www.chez.com

  • History of Computers

    A directory of sites about the history of computers arranged categorically and with specific topic and general topic sections.

    www.hitmill.com

  • 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.

    www.pbs.org

  • Computer History Images

    Pictures of many of the pioneering computers.

    www.crowl.org

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

    New updated edition from MIT Press, with new interviews of historic characters.

    mitpress.mit.edu

  • The History of Computing Project

    Offers a detailed timeline on the history of computer. Sections include hardware, software, pioneers and references.

    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.

    www.bashedu.ru

  • 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.

    lecture.eingang.org

  • Punched Cards

    Covers the earliest ways of encoding data up to the cards used in voting systems today.

    www.cs.uiowa.edu

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