Directory > Computers > History 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, and Atari. http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Computer History Images Pictures of many of the pioneering computers. http://www.Crowl.org/Lawrence/history/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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Computers, Videogames and Arcade Collector's Ring
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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/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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