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, old buffer dumps, BBS discussions, buffers, or anything related to this era is welcome. |
A Brief History of the Internet
Information about ARPANET, Tim Berners-Lee, the World Wide Web Consortium and domain names. |
A Brief History of the Internet
General overview of the history of the Internet and Web. Includes anecdotes, along with a glossary of terms. |
A Brief History of the Internet and Related Networks
A document with a general introduction to the history of the Internet. |
All About the Internet
The Internet Society provides articles by Tony Rutkowski, Vinton Cerf, and Bruce Sterling. |
Alphabet Soup: The History of DNS
Document looking at the evolution of the Domain Name Service (DNS). |
Boo! And the 100 Other Dumbest Moments in e-Business History
Article from Business 2.0 magazine lists 101 of the more "memorable" events in e-business history. |
Browser Emulator
Browser emulator enables you to view sites as they would have appeared in older browsers such as Mosaic, Netscape 1.0, Internet Explorer 2.0 and HotJava. |
Community Memory
Archive of postings to this discussion list dedicated to the history of The Internet |
From Wartime Tool to the Fish Cam
Article about the beginnings of the Internet, development of IMPs and packet-switching, ARPAnet, TCP/IP, and NSFNet. |
Ghost Sites
Long running online "museum" provides screenshots of defunct sites. |
Google Groups
Searchable archive of more than 700 million Usenet postings from a period of more than 20 years. |
History of the Internet, Internet for Historians
Overview of the development of the Internet covers ARPAnet,email and search engines. |
History of the Web Beginning at CERN
Short article about the history of the Web with included bibliography and links to related sites. |
Internet: A Medium or a Message?
The future of the Internet studied through the history of other media. Includes articles about the philosophy of the Internet and the digital divide in developing countries and countries in transition. [Not viewable with some browsers.] |
LivingInternet.com
General guide to the Internet, includes sections covering the history of the Web, email, Usenet and other topics. |
Meow
An eyewitness account and timeline of the start of "meowing" in usenet lingo. |
Museum.Media.org
Archives of some of the earliest web sites. |
Net Valley
Explores the history of the Internet. Includes information on significant companies and Silicon Valley history. |
NetHistory
An informal history of BITNET and the Internet. Includes early net publications. |
NoveltyNet
A site where people can submit orphaned content to be archived and kept available. |
OrangePeel.com - History of the Internet
General history of the Internet covering topics such as IMP, Packet Switching, ARPAnet, and TCP/IP. |
Origin of a Browser
A project dedicated to web archaeology, in particular the study and preservation of rapidly disappearing artifacts associated with the Early Netscape Period. |
rescue.media.org
An effort at digital conservation, rescuing sites that should be on-line but are not. |
Short History of the Internet by Bruce Sterling
Science fiction author Bruce Sterling recounts the "early" history of ARPAnet and the Internet in this 1993 article. |
Spinning the Web
An essay by a Canadian student on the past, present and future of the Internet. |
The Evolution of ARPANET email
History thesis, published in 1996, examining "the evolution of human communication on the ARPANET." |
The History of 404
The story behind HTTP/1.1 404 Object Not Found, and Room 404 at CERN. Wait for the real page to load. |
The History of the Net
Detailed history of the Internet covers the ARPAnet, Usenet, BITNET, the great renaming and more. |
The Internet Archive
Nonprofit organisation established to preserve Web sites by taking regular "snapshots". |
The MidasWWW browser, an overview
Information about the very early Web browser, along with screenshots. |
The Story of the PING Program
Brief article about this important network utility, written by its creator, Mike Muuss. |
Usenet History
Collection of documents detailing key events in the evolution of Usenet. |
World-Wide Web: Origins And Beyond
Describes some of the historical aspects of the World-Wide Web development, as well as other forms of hypertext such as Xanadu. |
