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A Brief History of Computing
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Personal homepage that offers an insight into the history of hardware, the Internet and the Windows operating system.
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A History of Computers - Maxmon.com
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Offers an array of information arranged by date including microprocessors, keyboards, the first computer bug and the 8008 microprocessor.
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A Short History of the Computer
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The author takes the user through a short tour of computer history including subjects such as advances in the 50's and 60's. Also includes photos of Charles Babbage and Herman Hollerith.
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Aronsson's Telecom History
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A timeline of important events in the history of telecom, computing, and communication. Split into annual sections.
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Computer50.org
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50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Manchester Baby computer and the Manchester Mark 1 and Ferranti Mark 1.
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History of Computers - During my Lifetime
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Select events from a timeline spanning the 1970's to the 1990's. Subjects include the Commodore PET, the Amiga, RISC architectures and virtual reality.
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History of Hard Drives
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A brief look at the history from an ex-IBM technician. Includes the first IBM RAMAC disk drive.
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HomeLib
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A searchable index for classical computer magazines and books, mainly from end of the seventies and beginning of the eighties. Provides a table of contents for each book.
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Mind Machine Museum
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A collection of information and illustrations on the subjects of computers, calculators and games. Topics include the IBM 5100 portable computer and the Commodore KIM-1 and VIC 20 microcomputers.
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The Evolution of the Modern Computer: An Open Source Graphical History
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Hosts Computer Evolution File, tries to be a complete graphical representation of the evolution of computers for the period 1934 to 1950. License: Creative Commons, Attribution, Share Alike.
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The History of Computer Science: From the Past to the Present
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An overview of the developments that allowed the modern day computer to arise from first principles, including looking at Stonehenge, ENIAC, Pascaline, and Turing machines.
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The History of Project Delta
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Photographs from the era, mailing list, alumni directory, and a PDP-11 simulator with RSTS/E operating system.
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Automatic Totalisator, The
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Relating to the invention of the world's first automatic totalisator in 1913. A multi user system in 1913 with 30 terminals.
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Computer Chronicles: From Stone to Silicon
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Uses a timeline to take the user through the various milestones of computer technology. Subjects include the abacus, vacuum tubes, transistors and microprocessors. Published by Thinkquest.
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History of Computers - hitmill.com
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A collection of web resources sorted alphabetically. Topics include the Abacus, Eniac, Charles Babbage and Bill Gates.
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History of Computing - Rajivshah.com
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A personal collection of links to historical topics. Maintained by Rajiv Shah.
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The Virtual Museum of Computing (VMoC)
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Links to on-line resources concerning the history of computing around the world, including pioneers of the field such as Alan Turing.
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The Ways of Counting
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Essay on the history of computers from the abacus, logarithm, ENIAC, and massively parallel computers. Written by computer pioneer Philip Emeagwali.
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Wave Report: Computer History Museum
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Over one thousand photographs taken at the Californian institution.
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