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A Brief History of Computing 
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
A History of Computers - Maxmon.com 
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 Short History of the Computer 
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/
Aronsson's Telecom History 
A timeline of important events in the history of telecom, computing, and communication. Split into annual sections.
http://aronsson.se/hist.html
Automatic Totalisator, The 
Relating to the invention of the world's first automatic totalisator in 1913. A multi user system in 1913 with 30 terminals.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/computer.htm
Computer Chronicles: From Stone to Silicon 
Uses a timeline to take the user through the various milestones of computer technology. Subjects include the abacus, vacuum tubes, transistors and microprocessors. Published by Thinkquest.
http://library.thinkquest.org/22522/
Computer50.org 
50th Anniversary Celebrations of the Manchester Baby computer and the Manchester Mark 1 and Ferranti Mark 1.
http://www.computer50.org/
History of Computers - During my Lifetime 
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/
History of Computers - hitmill.com 
A collection of web resources sorted alphabetically. Topics include the Abacus, Eniac, Charles Babbage and Bill Gates.
http://www.hitmill.com/computers/computerhx1.html
History of Hard Drives 
A brief look at the history from an ex-IBM technician. Includes the first IBM RAMAC disk drive.
http://www.logicsmith.com/hdhistory.html
HomeLib 
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/
Mind Machine Museum 
A collection of information and illustrations on the subjects of computers, calculators and games. Topics include the IBM 5100 portable computer and the Commodore KIM-1 and VIC 20 microcomputers.
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~hl/mmm.html
Quux.Org Archive & Library 
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 collecti
gopher://quux.org/
The History of Project Delta 
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
The Virtual Museum of Computing (VMoC) 
Links to on-line resources concerning the history of computing around the world, including pioneers of the field such as Alan Turing.
http://vmoc.museophile.org/
The Ways of Counting 
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/technology/computing/history-of-computing-abacus-logarithm-eniac-supercomputers.html
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