| Directory > Computers > History Tools For Thoughtby 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/
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 Reflections of a ModemJunkie
 Writings on computers, the early online world, and the Internet, dating from 1992 to 2000.
 http://www.lgrossman.com/mjnk/
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 The History of Computing
 Detailed information including early pioneers and companies, archives, languages, and networking
 from the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech.
 http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/
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 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/
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 The Obsolete Technology Website
 Pictures, documents, and advertisements of classic computers from the 1970's and 1980's.
 http://oldcomputers.net
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 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
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 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/
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 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
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 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
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 Brief History of Computers
 Charts the evolution of computers from ancient times to the present.
 http://www.angelfire.com/de3/dacz/briefhistoryintro.htm
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 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/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=3784
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 Computer History Images
 Pictures of many of the pioneering computers.
 http://www.Crowl.org/Lawrence/history/
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 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/
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 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
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 Computers, Videogames and Arcade Collector's Ring
 
 http://www.chez.com/samurai/RING/ring.htm
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 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/
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 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/
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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/
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 PC History
 This site is under construction but has some nice pictures of some pre-IBM machines.
 http://pc-history.org/
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 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
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 Silicon Valley History and Future
 Silicon Valley -- San Francisco Bay Area -- background, trends and forecast
 http://www.internetvalley.com/introduction.html
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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
 http://www.elsop.com/wrc/h_comput.htm
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