History Links
- Computer History Images Pictures of many of the pioneering computers.
- 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, individuals, etc.
- Computer History Association of California
- Jargon File Resources The Jargon File (AKA, _The New Hacker's Dictionary_) is an essential repository of computer historical information.
- 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.
- Computer Industry History Comprehensive list of links to the best computer industry history resources that can currently be found on the 'Net
- Silicon Valley History and Future Silicon Valley -- San Francisco Bay Area -- background, trends and forecast
- Jones Telecommunications and Multimedia Encyclopedia Computers, their history and development.
- Computers, Videogames and Arcade Collector's Ring
- PC History This site is under construction but has some nice pictures of some pre-IBM machines.
- The Vintage Computer Links to information about old home computers for collectors and people on a very tight budget. Cheesy -- but perhaps it's a conscious image choice ("sure it's old and ugly, but it gets the job done")
- 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.
- 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, Atari, and far more.
- History of Computers A directory of sites about the history of computers arranged categorically and with specific topic and general topic sections.
- 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.
- Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology New updated edition from MIT Press, with new interviews of historic characters.
- Vintage Computer Festival Annual Silicon Valley event celebrating our computer heritage.
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