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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/...arithm-eniac-supercomputers.html
Series of articles by Dag Spicer in Dr Dobb's. Topics include the IBM 650 and the LINC personal computer, the articles are available in printer friendly formats.
http://www.ddj.com/columns/history/
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
A personal collection of links to historical topics. Maintained by Rajiv Shah.
http://www.rajivshah.com/directory/History/
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/
A collection of Web resources, books and Computerworld articles about the history of computing.
http://www.computerworld.com/cwi...V63-128-1357-1366_LNK323,00.html
Personal homepage that offers an insight into the history of hardware, the Internet and the Windows operating system.
http://ox.compsoc.net/~swhite/history/history.html
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/
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/
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
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/
50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Manchester Baby computer and the Manchester Mark 1 and Ferranti Mark 1.
http://www.computer50.org/
Relating to the invention of the world's first automatic totalisator in 1913. A multi user system in 1913 with 30 terminals.
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/computer.htm
A timeline of important events in the history of telecom, computing, and communication. Split into annual sections.
http://aronsson.se/hist.html
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 collection of web resources sorted alphabetically. Topics include the Abacus, Eniac, Charles Babbage and Bill Gates.
http://www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html
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/
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/
A brief look at the history from an ex-IBM technician. Includes the first IBM RAMAC disk drive.
http://www.logicsmith.com/hdhistory.html