Knowledge: historical
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Links
- Computer History Association of California
http://www.chac.org/ - Chac is a nonprofit corporation, who safeguards and organizes the history of electronic computing, not only in California, but nationally and internationally. They collect and archive hardware, software and documents.
- MIXTEL
http://www.mixtel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ - Site is dedicated to the first home computer that could be bought in the UK.
- Charles Babbage Institute
http://www.cbi.umn.edu/ - CBI is a research center dedicated to promoting the study of the history of computing and its impact on society, and preserving relevant documentation.
- Historical Computer Society
http://www.cyberstreet.com/hcs/hcs.htm - International user group for old computer enthusiasts "old computers" and/or "old enthusiasts. Dedicated to preserving older and classic computer hardware, software, and literature.
- PC - History
http://www.pc-history.org/ - Devoted to the history of the PC, covers all types of personal computers from 1970 to present.
- The Burroughs B-205 Computer
http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/B205/index.html - A mixture of science fiction and fact concerning the B205.
- Blinkenlights Archaeological Institute
http://www.blinkenlights.com/ - The Institute was established in 1997 to excavate, preserve, research, and present interesting and historically significant computing devices.
- The SWTPC Computer Documentation Repository
http://www.swtpc.com/ - Documentation for the SWTPC computer line.
- John Elliott
http://www.seasip.demon.co.uk/ - Dedicated to computers and/or operating systems which some might describe as obsolete.
- The Oldskool PC Shrines
http://www.oldskool.org/shrines/ - Honoring personal computing in the 1980s.
- Retro Computer Gallery
http://www.imarshall.karoo.net/ - Collection of pictures of old computers, consoles, handhelds and magazines.
- Russian Virtual Computer Museum
http://www.computer-museum.ru/english/index.htm - The gathering of information concerning the primary stage of origination and development of IT and computing, primarily in Russia and ex-USSR.
- BESM-6 Nostalgia Page
http://www.mailcom.com/besm6/ - Information about the late Soviet mainframe computer BESM-6, the last original was dismantled in 1995.
- Video Genie System
http://home.online.no/~kr-lund/VGS.htm - A personal tribute to an early model PC.
- Enigma Replica
http://www.enigma-replica.com - Shows all processes involved Building a replica of the German M4 Naval Enigma.
- Sos-hardware.windowstothemax.com
http://sos-hardware.windowstothemax.com - Specifications and known problems of old hardware.
- The Computer Closet
http://www.computercloset.org/ - Rescues classic microcomputers and video games from the junk heap.
- Ian's 'Naff Computer Pics Page'
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ie.dunster/My%20Stuff/Computer_page.htm - A page with some pictures of Honeywell-Bull mainframes and mini's (DPS-6 and DPS-7)
- ICL 1900 Series Computers
http://www.fcs.eu.com/icl1900/index.html - Information about the ICL 1900 series mainframes from the 1970s, both hardware and software. The George (1S, 2, 3 & 4) series operating systems, Minimop and Maximop. Programming languages and other information.
- Cosmac Elf
http://homepage.mac.com/ruske/cosmacelf/ - History of 1802-based computing and home of the TinyELF emulator for Palm OS handhelds. Documents, scans, message board.
- The Apollo Guidance Computer Project
http://hrst.mit.edu/hrs/apollo/public/ - The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was developed to provide reliable real-time control for the Apollo spacecraft that carried US astronauts to the moon, 1969-1972. This site is devoted to documenting the machines, people and institutions that made this possible.
- Largest Classic Computer Documentation Archive
http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/Index.txt - Thousands of scanned classic computer documents.
- Mechanical Aids to Calculation
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/calcaids.htm - History on the first automatic totalizer by Sir George Julius, mechanical aids to calculation - extracts of a paper presented to the Institution of Engineers Australia in 1920.
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