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Brief History of Computing - timeline of computer development, from the first mechanical calculators to modern computers and the Internet. Calculating Machines - history, classification and pictures of mechanical calculating machines. Chronology of Personal Computers - bring various published sources together to present a timeline about personal computers. Classic 8-Bit Computers - includes documentation and links for classic computers of the eighties, including Acorn, Commodore, Atari, and Sinclair. Computer Chronicles: From Stone to Silicon - timeline of computer history starting at the abacus and finishing with the computers of today. Computer History Association of California (CHAC) - studying, preserving, protecting and popularizing the history of electronic computing, while gathering the forces to build a museum. Computer History Simulation Project - Internet-based collective of people interested in restoring historically significant computer hardware and software systems by simulation. Computer Lore Gopher Computers: Not Just a PC on a Desk - offers a brief history of computers. Computissimo - photo collection of micro-computers, video games, microprocessors, mechanical and electronic calculators, and more. Cybercinema - devoted to the history of computers and artificial intelligence in film. DigiBarn Computer Museum - museum of personal computing history and the history of the graphical user interface, in a barn in the mountains above Silicon Valley. Digidome - collection of antique computers, software, books, and peripherals. Digital Moments - photojournalist and commercial photographer whose work has been featured in the A Day in the Life of America series. First Virtual Mousepad Museum - large collection of scanned images of mousepads. Historic Computer Images [curie.fr] - Many pictures of DEC PDP's and VAXen. Also featuring some RX, RL and RM disks. The most famous disks with the SMD interface as the Eagle or XMD are HERE. Historical Computer Society - and Virtual Microcomputer History Museum. History of Computers During My Lifetime, The - from the 1970s to the 1990s. Memoir of a Homebrew Computer Club Member - an original Homebrew Computer Club member shares some interesting memorabilia and memories from the early days of personal computing. Mind Machine Museum - illustrated collection of historic computers, calculators, boards, ICs, and computer-related games. MouseSite - a resource for exploring the history of human computer interaction beginning with the pioneering work of Douglas Engelbart and his colleagues at Stanford Research Institute in the 1960s. Museum of Dead, Gone and Obsolete Computers - a virtual museum featuring photos, detailed specs and information, a personal collection, and links. Nascom Nostalgia - history, Nascom-2 emulator and applications.	Northstar Horizon - features information and downloads for the Northstar Horizon and other S-100 based CP/M machines from the late 1970s. Obsolete Laboratory - discussion forums on classic computers, emulation, classic gaming, and networking. Obsolyte - a personal retrospective of "cool" computing dedicated to vintage computer hardware, classic systems, and workstations or "mainframes." Past Notable Women of Computing & Mathematics PCBiography.net - offers an expansive collection of items that make up computing history including a gallery of hardware, Internet history, software history, and more. PDP-11 History - the history of the famous minicomputer-family from DEC. PDP-8 Computer - information and links on this early microcomputer. Offers a program to operate a PDP-8 system online. Redundant Technology Initiative (RTI) - finding new ways to be creative with old technology, and exhibiting the results. Retrocorp - relives the 80's computer age. With BBC, Commadore, Sinclair, and others sections. Revolutionaries, The - interview series explores the exciting, often surprising stories of Silicon Valley's innovation and inspiration. Rice Computer, 1959-1971 - A brief narrative history of the Rice Computer, one of the last of the great homebrew dinosaurs. Interesting for its tagged architecture and variety of technologies used. Silicon Valley History: View from Internet Valley Smithsonian Computer History Collection - transcripts of interviews with Smithsonian ComputerworldAward Winners, including Bill Gates, Seymour Cray, and others. Story of Mel, The - The story of a *real* Real Programmer System R - introduced the SQL language and also demonstrated that a relational system could provide good transaction processing performance. Terak Museum - an early personal computer made by the Terak Corporation of Scottsdale, Arizona. It was sold from about 1979 until 1985. Totalisator History - the first totalisator - a device for calculating bets on a race - was invented in Australia in 1930. Triumph of the Nerds - a companion Web site for the PBS television special about the history of the computer industry. Unisys History Newsletter - information about UNIVAC, Sperry, Burroughs etc. Univac Memories University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - Charles Babbage Institute - research center dedicated to the preservation of the history of information processing. Virtual Mousepad Museum Virtual Museum of Computing - an eclectic collection of hyperlinks connected with the history of computing and online computer-based exhibits available both locally and around the world.