Historical Resources
Displaying 49 – 95 of 95 Resources (Type: Research)
Hewlett-Packard History Links
HP Alumni Association history links page, providing curated references to resources about Hewlett-Packard's corporate history and technology legacy.
History of Computing in the UK: A Resource Guide
SIGCIS resource on the history of computing in the UK, part of the Special Interest Group for Computers, Information, and Society.
History of SPARC systems 1987 to 2010
History of SPARC systems from 1987 to 2010, documenting Sun Microsystems' SPARC processor architecture and the workstations and servers that used it.
Hobbes' Internet Timeline 10.1
Hobbes' Internet Timeline by Robert Zakon, a comprehensive chronology of the Internet's development from the 1950s ARPA origins through the modern web era.
Home Computer Museum
Home Computer Museum (HCM), a German-language resource documenting the history of home computers from the late 1970s through the early 1990s.
Home of SADIE, SUSIE and the Molecular 18
BCL Computers preservation project in the UK, documenting and restoring historic British computing equipment including the Molecular 1 and other machines.
HP Computer Museum
HP Computer Museum cataloging Hewlett-Packard computing products including calculators, minicomputers, workstations, and test equipment with specifications and photos.
ICT 1301 Resurrection Project
ICT 1301 Resurrection Project, working to restore and operate a 1960s ICT (International Computers and Tabulators) 1301 mainframe computer.
Impressions of Analog Computers
Analog Computer Museum presenting photographs and descriptions of historical analog computers and their role in scientific and engineering computation.
Internet Society
Internet Society (ISOC), the global nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for everyone.
InterPARES Project
InterPARES (International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems), a multinational research project on digital preservation and archival science.
IPSJ Computer Museum
IPSJ Computer Museum, maintained by the Information Processing Society of Japan, documenting the history of computing in Japan with virtual exhibits of significant machines.
Konrad Zuse
Konrad Zuse Internet Archive at the Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB), preserving the legacy of the German inventor who built the world's first programmable computer.
Konrad Zuse (1910-1995)
Jurgen Schmidhuber's resource page on Konrad Zuse, covering the inventor's contributions to computing including the Z1, Z2, Z3, and Z4 machines.
Multiplexed Information and Computing Service
Multicians.org, a comprehensive resource documenting the Multics operating system, the influential time-sharing OS that preceded and inspired Unix.
Musee de I'nformatique
Musee de l'Informatique (Computer Museum) in France, dedicated to preserving and exhibiting the history of computing and information technology.
Musee National Des Techniques
Musee des Arts et Metiers (Museum of Arts and Crafts) in Paris, France - one of the world's oldest science and technology museums, with notable computing exhibits.
Museum of Computer Culture
San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology (SAMSAT), exploring the intersection of computing technology, science, and cultural history.
Museum of Pocket Calculating Devices
Calculators.de - German-language online museum dedicated to the history of calculators and calculating machines with photos and technical details.
Museums Computer Group
Museums Computer Group (MCG), a UK-based professional network for people working with digital technology in museums, galleries, and heritage organizations.
Old Calculator Web Museum
Old Calculator Web Museum showcasing a collection of vintage electronic calculators with detailed photos, specifications, and historical context.
Old Computer Hut
Old Computer Hut, a personal collection of vintage British and international computers with photographs and descriptions.
Online Museum and Technical History of Hewlett-Packard (now Agilent Technologies)
Kenneth Kuhn's online HP Museum documenting Hewlett-Packard test and measurement equipment, calculators, and computing products with technical history.
Oughtred Society
Oughtred Society, an international organization dedicated to the preservation and history of slide rules and other historical calculating instruments.
Personal Computer Museum
Personal Computer Museum in Brantford, Ontario, Canada - housing one of Canada's largest collections of vintage personal computers and gaming systems.
Plato History
PLATO History resource documenting the PLATO computer-based education system, a pioneering platform that introduced many concepts later found in the modern Internet.
Progopedia, the Free Encyclopedia of Programming Languages
Progopedia, a free encyclopedia of programming languages with descriptions, history, examples, and comparisons across hundreds of languages.
Programming Languages
Susan Sherwood's programming languages compendium at the University of York, cataloging languages with historical context and key characteristics.
Programming Languages & Compilers
SAL (Encyclopaedia of Scientific and Analytical Software) at Moscow State University, cataloging programming languages and scientific computing software.
Retro Calculators
Online museum of mechanical calculators featuring photos, videos, and information on abacuses, slide rules, and early calculating instruments from around the world.
Retro Computer Museum
Retro Computer Museum in Leicestershire, UK - a hands-on museum where visitors can play with and experience vintage computers and gaming systems.
Russian translation of Elements of Programming
Dusty Decks - Paul McJones's resource on the history of programming languages and software engineering, with links to primary sources and documentation.
S-1 Supercomputer (1975-1988)
Mark Smotherman's historical overview of the Stretch/IBM 7030 supercomputer at Clemson University, documenting one of IBM's most ambitious early computing projects.
Society for the History of Technology
Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) website, the leading international scholarly organization for historians of technology.
Solaris History
Softpanorama resource on the history of Solaris and Sun Microsystems' Unix operating system, covering its evolution from SunOS through the Oracle acquisition era.
Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation
Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation (SMECC) in Arizona, preserving computing and telecommunications artifacts with hands-on exhibits.
Soviet Digital Electronics Museum
Museum of Computer and Information Technology in St. Petersburg, Russia, featuring virtual exhibits of Soviet and Russian computing equipment.
Stanford and Silicon Valley Archives Project
Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources, providing access to significant Silicon Valley and technology history archives and collections.
Supercomputing Technology Historical Museum
Supercomputing Technology Historical Museum documenting the history of supercomputing systems from early vector processors through parallel architectures.
Swarthmore College Computer Society
Swarthmore College Computer Society (SCCS) providing computing resources and documenting the history of computing at Swarthmore College.
Technical History of Acorn Computers
Technical history of Acorn Computers by Chris McMoredie, documenting the British company that created the BBC Micro, Archimedes, and the ARM processor architecture.
Time-Line Computer Archive
Time-Line Computer Archive, a chronological catalog of significant computers and computing milestones from mechanical calculators through the PC era.
Timeline: History of Visual Effects VFX, Computer Graphics, CGI, Computer Animation
Visual effects and computer graphics timeline by Barbara Flueckiger (Zauberklang), cataloging the history of VFX, CGI, and computer animation techniques in film.
VAX Archive, Welcome to
VAX Archive, a resource dedicated to preserving documentation and information about Digital Equipment Corporation's VAX computer systems and VMS operating system.
Videocard Virtual Museum
VGA Museum, a Russian-language online museum dedicated to the history of video graphics adapters and GPU technology with photos and specifications.
Vintage Calculators Web Museum
Vintage Calculators Web Museum, showcasing a collection of mechanical and electronic calculators with detailed photographs and historical information.
Workbench Nostalgia
Greg Donner's Workbench resource documenting the history and community of the Amiga computer platform and its Workbench operating system.