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Ancient Computer Community

http://www.ancientcomputer.com/

Private collection of computers, calculators, consoles, books, reviews; many rarities; also available for exhibitions and events.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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).

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Computer Industry History

http://www.elsop.com/wrc/h_comput.htm

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

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Computing Millennium timeline

http://www.computingnet.co.uk

A project to create the definitive list of the 1,000 key innovations and events in the last 1,000 years of information technology.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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PC History

http://pc-history.org/

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

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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.

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Reflections of a ModemJunkie

http://www.lgrossman.com/mjnk/

Writings on computers, the early online world, and the Internet, dating from 1992 to 2000.

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Silicon Valley to Internet Valley

http://netvalley.com/introduction.html

In San Francisco Bay Area; background, history, future: trends, forecasts.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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The Obsolete Technology Website

http://oldcomputers.net

Pictures, documents, and advertisements of classic computers from the 1970's and 1980's.

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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.

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