History related computer and technical resources

Brief History of Computers - Charts the evolution of computers from ancient times to the present.

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.

Chronology of Personal Computers - Timeline of microcomputers from the development of the microprocessor in the 1960s through to the present day. Includes hardware

Computer History Association of California - A non-profit corporation

Computer History Images - Pictures of many of the pioneering computers.

Computer History Museum - Focuses exclusively on the history of computing. Located in Mountain View

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Computing Millennium timeline - A project to create the definitive list of the 1

History of Computers - A directory of sites about the history of computers arranged categorically and with specific topic and general topic sections.

Jargon File Resources - The Jargon File (AKA

Museum of the USSR Computers History - A virtual museum containing historical information on computers and computer facilities in the USSR. Includes descriptions of computers

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

Punched Cards - Covers the earliest ways of encoding data up to the cards used in voting systems today.

Reflections of a ModemJunkie - Writings on computers

Silicon Valley History and Future - Silicon Valley -- San Francisco Bay Area -- background

The History of Computing - Detailed information including early pioneers and companies

The History of Computing Project - Offers a detailed timeline on the history of computer. Sections include hardware

The History of Computing Science: From the Past to the Present - Lecture presented by Michelle A. Hoyle explaining how computers and computing science arose from using sticks with notches for counting

The Modern History of Computing - Historical survey from Babbage onward; by B. Jack Copeland from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

The Obsolete Technology Website - Pictures

Tools For Thought - by Howard Rheingold. Online copy of well known 1985 book on the invention of computing; includes Babbage

Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology - New updated edition from MIT Press

Triumph of the Nerds - Bios

Weiser - Memorial site for the creator of "calm computing" / "ubiquitous computing"