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Charles Babbage Institute (CBI) - A research center at the University of Minnesota dedicated to promoting the study and preservation of the history of computing and information processing.
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, and individuals.
Computer History Association of California - A non-profit corporation, who safeguards and organizes the history of electronic computing, not only in California, but nationally and internationally. They collect and archive hardware, software and documents.
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.
The History of Computing - Detailed information including early pioneers and companies, archives, languages, and networking from the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech.
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.
Jargon File Resources - The Jargon File (AKA, _The New Hacker's Dictionary_) is an essential repository of computer historical information.
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.
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, and Atari.