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Aronsson's Telecom History

A timeline of important events in the history of telecom, computing, and communication. Split into annual sections.

http://aronsson.se/hist.html

Graand

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Automatic Totalisator, The

Relating to the invention of the world's first automatic totalisator in 1913. A multi user system in 1913 with 30 terminals.

http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/computer.htm

A Brief History of Computing

Personal homepage that offers an insight into the history of hardware, the Internet and the Windows operating system.

http://trillian.randomstuff.org.uk/~stephen/history/

Computer Chronicles: From Stone to Silicon

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.

http://library.thinkquest.org/22522/

Computer50.org

50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Manchester Baby computer and the Manchester Mark 1 and Ferranti Mark 1.

http://www.computer50.org/

The Evolution of the Modern Computer: An Open Source Graphical History

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.

http://www.virtualtravelog.net/projects/ComputerHistory/

The History of Computer Science: From the Past to the Present

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.

http://www.eingang.org/Lecture/

History of Computers - During my Lifetime

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.

http://www.pattosoft.com.au/jason/Articles/HistoryOfComputers/

History of Computers - hitmill.com

A collection of web resources sorted alphabetically. Topics include the Abacus, Eniac, Charles Babbage and Bill Gates.

http://www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html

A History of Computers - Maxmon.com

Offers an array of information arranged by date including microprocessors, keyboards, the first computer bug and the 8008 microprocessor.

http://www.maxmon.com/timeline.htm

History of Hard Drives

A brief look at the history from an ex-IBM technician. Includes the first IBM RAMAC disk drive.

http://www.logicsmith.com/hdhistory.html

The History of Project Delta

Photographs from the era, mailing list, alumni directory, and a PDP-11 simulator with RSTS/E operating system.

http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mader/delta

HomeLib

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.

http://www.devili.iki.fi/library/

Mind Machine Museum

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.

http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~hl/mmm.html

Quux.Org Archive & Library

An archive aimed at preserving important pieces of computing and general history. It contains source code and programs with an eye towards emulators and rare/endangered code. Also present are specs and photos of old equipment and several e-book collections.

gopher://quux.org/

A Short History of the Computer

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.

http://www.softlord.com/comp/

The Ways of Counting

Essay on the history of computers from the abacus, logarithm, ENIAC, and massively parallel computers. Written by computer pioneer Philip Emeagwali.

http://www.emeagwali.com/essays/technology/computing/history-of-computing-abacus-logarithm-eniac-supercomputers.html

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