A Brief History of Computing

Last update: 23/1/2006

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External Links

• Retrobeep - The computer museum at Bletchley Park
• oldcomputers.net - information and photographs of many early personal computers.
• Study Web
• Yahoo's list of sites on Computers and Internet: History.
• The History of Computing (http://www.thocp.net/)
• History of Computers on 'Wikipedia' - the free encylopedia. The original entries were based on my website, but have since been updated by many people and contain a wealth of extra information, as well as corrections.

Companys and Organisations

• IBM's History
• apple-history.com

Specific Links

• Windows NT leading to Windows Server 2003
• Ferranti Mark I
• Xerox Alto
• Xerox 8010 ('Star') System
• Review of the Xerox Star
• Quotes on Technology
• Air Data Processor for the F14 Fighter
• YesterdayLand - Arcade Games
• Tom's x86 processor FAQ and timeline
• The Internet Societies collection of various internet histories
• The history of Unix operating systems
• Mechanical Totalisers
• Amiga

Other links I've been given

• Russion Developments at Elbrus