Brief History of Computers
Charts the evolution of computers from ancient times to the present. |
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 Images
Pictures of many of the pioneering computers. |
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. |
History of Computers
A directory of sites about the history of computers arranged categorically and with specific topic and general topic sections. |
Jones Telecommunications and Multimedia Encyclopedia
Computers, their history and development. |
Museum of the USSR Computers History
A virtual museum containing historical information on computers and computer facilities in the USSR. Includes descriptions of computers, their characteristics, pictures, and personalities. |
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. |
Silicon Valley History and Future
Silicon Valley -- San Francisco Bay Area -- background, trends and forecast |
The History of Computing Project
Offers a detailed timeline on the history of computer. Sections include hardware, software, pioneers and references. |
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, to the massive explosion of personal computers in the 1980s. |
The Vintage Computer
Links to information about old home computers for collectors and people on a very tight budget. |
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. |
Tools for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology
New updated edition from MIT Press, with new interviews of historic characters. |
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. |
Vintage Computer Festival
Annual Silicon Valley event celebrating our computer heritage. |
