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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
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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/
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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
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Computer50.org
50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Manchester Baby computer and the Manchester Mark 1 and Ferranti Mark 1.
http://www.computer50.org/
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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/
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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
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History of Computing - Rajivshah.com
A personal collection of links to historical topics. Maintained by Rajiv Shah.
http://www.rajivshah.com/directory/History/
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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
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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/
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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
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Teletext - Then and Now
Discover the evolution of the Teletext system. Events spanning 1972 to the present with topics such as CEEFAX, ORACLE and the BBC micro software. Written by Mark Cook and Mike Brown.
http://teletext.mb21.co.uk/timeline/
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The Evolution of the Modern Computer - An Open Source Graphical History
This is the home of the Computer Evolution File. This file attempts to provide a comprehensive graphical representation of the evolution of the modern computer for the period 1934 to 1950. The file is licensed with an attribution, share alike creative commons license.
http://www.virtualtravelog.net/projects/ComputerHistory/
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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/
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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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