Resources pertaining History from our Usenet category

20 Year Archive on Google Groups - Highlighted links of historically significant Usenet posts from Google Groups archive.

80s BBS - Yahoo group dedicated to the preservation of the history of the online world in the days before the Web (pre-1990). Text files

A Brief History of the Internet - An anecdotal history by Walt Howe of the people and communities that brought about the Internet and the Web. Includes a glossary of terms.

A Brief History of the Internet - Microsoft explains the origins of the web in ArpaNet

A Day in the Life of... - Archive of short biographies of how people in computer science/management information science spend their days. Hosted by Crossroads

A Short History of Internet Protocols at CERN - Ben Segal traces the history of the Internet at CERN.

A Tour of the Worm - Donn Seeley tells the story of the Internet Worm of 1988 and how it effectively shut down the Internet. Proceedings of the Winter USENIX Technical Conference

BBC News: Timeline: Real robots - A timeline providing an overview of the development of robots and computers. From 400 BC to 2001.

Brief History of Artificial Intelligence - A timeline of AI and Robotics events from 500 BC to 2000 AD.

Brief History of the Internet - Ross Shannon provides an overview of the Internet's origins

Early History of Software Engineering -- Robert L. Glass - The article is a condensation of the ideas of Robert L. Glass in his book "In the Beginning: Recollections of Software Pioneers" about the history of software engineering.

From Wartime Tool to the Fish Cam - Scott Ruthfield explores the beginnings of the Internet

Google Groups - Searchable archive of more than 700 million Usenet postings from a period of more than 20 years.

History - Software Engineering as a Profession - Based on a committee with the mission to establish the appropriate sets(s) of criteria and norms for professional practice of software engineering.

History of Computers - Important events in the history of computers

History of Computing: Software Index - A short introduction and perspective on software. Some examples of early types of software and their development.

History of Software Engineering - The result of a meeting of historians with computer scientists. With links to further articles.

History of Software Measurement - History of Software Measurement by Horst Zuse.

History of Software Measurement at Rome Laboratory - This information provides you with the Table of Contents for - A History of Software Measurement at Rome Laboratory.

History of the Internet - Dr. Rognar Ismaellsen covers the Web

History of the Internet: Internet for Historians - This overview by Richard T. Griffiths covers the development of computers

History of the Web Beginning at CERN - Cheryl Gribble gives a clear outline with bibliography and links to related sites.

I Remember Usenet - Brad Templeton recalls the early days of the Internet and the rise of Usenet.

Internet Society: A Brief History of the Internet - An authoritative history

Internet Society: Internet Histories - A list of links to resources.

Interview with Brad Templeton - Brad Templeton was the founder

Meow - An eyewitness account and timeline of the start of "meowing" on usenet. Newsgroup invasions

Merit: History - Merit explains how it managed and re-engineered the NSFNET Backbone.

Moravec - Hans P.

Net Valley - Explores the history of the Internet. Includes information on significant companies and Silicon Valley history.

NetHistory - Chris Condon's informal history of BITNET and the Internet. Includes early net publications.

NetHistory - A directory of sites on the history of the Internet

Netizens Netbook - Anthology of the history of Usenet and the Internet

Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet - Links to Michael and Ronda Hauben's on-line book. Presents the history and impact of various aspects of the Net

Old Usenet Articles - First thread after 11 Sep 2001. First mentioning of Microsoft

OrangePeel.com: History of the Internet - Steven Hartley covers topics such as IMP

Paul Graham - What the Bubble Got Right - Essay derived from an invited talk at ICFP 2004. Discusses the dot-com bubble and lasting lessons learned from it.

Robot Evolution - Text and photos of talk by Han Moravec giving a concise history of autonomous mobile robots from Grey Walter to the present day. Includes Moravec's projection of future developments.

Robot History - A timeline of recent robotics history starting with Karel Capek's RUR in 1920 and progressing to 2001.

SearchEngineWatch: Search Engine Birthdays - It's been a little more than ten years ago that the first web search engines were born. Chris Sherman charts the dates starting with WWW Wanderer in 1993.

Short History of the Internet - Science fiction author Bruce Sterling recounts the early history of ARPAnet and the Internet in this 1993 article.

SOUP: Simple Offline USENET Packet - Defines the SOUP Format. Primarily of historic interest.

The Age of Intelligent Machines: Chronology - Chronology of robotics and AI from Ray Kurzweil's book The Age of Intelligent Machines. Starts with the abacus in 5000 BC and progresses to the modern day. Also include optimistic projections of future history.

The Geeks Who Saved Usenet - Article on the restoration of the early Usenet articles to the archives at Google Groups. [Salon.Com]

The History of 404 - The story behind HTTP/1.1 404 Object Not Found

The History of Robotics - An article by Adam Currie that covers the high points of robot history. Includes many links and photos.

The History of Software Patents - A history of how software went from unpatentable to patentable.

The History of the Net - A thesis with bibliography written in 1993 by Henry Edward Hardy.

The Internet Archive - Nonprofit organisation established to preserve Web sites by taking regular "snapshots".

The Internet: Past - Scholarly article by Jesper Vissing Laursen on the development of the Internet.

The Last Hurrah - Recollections of early computers and planning for a Software History Conference.

The Morris Internet Worm - Charles Schmidt and Tom Darby explain the what

The Old news.groups.reviews Home Page - Archived reviews from news.groups.reviews

The Origin of Robot and Robotics - Describes the origin of the terms Robot

The Role of Government in the Evolution of the Internet - Robet E. Kahn's contribution to "Revolution in the U.S. Information Structure"

The Story of the PING Program - Brief article about this network utility

The World Wide Web History Project - A collaborative effort to record and publish the history of the World Wide Web and its roots in hypermedia and networking.

The Xbase Files - The Xbase Files is on on-line e-zine and conference center dedicated to software development using projects such as Clipper

Unofficial Epyx & SummerGames Homepage - What happened to Epyx

Usenet creator Jim Ellis dies - News item about the death

Usenet History - Covers many historical points of the evolution of Usenet

Usenet Software: History and Sources - Short essay on the development of Usenet architecture.

USENET Software: History and Sources - A Usenet post by Gene Spafford

World Wide Web Journal - Published from the winter of 1996 thru the fall of 1997. All issues online