Historical Resources
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Computer Museum of University of Amsterdam
The UvA Computermuseum, founded in 1991 and part of the University of Amsterdam's Special Collections department, holds a collection of technical and scientific electronic computing equipment…
Computer Spiele Museum (Computer Games Museum)
Computerspielemuseum (Computer Games Museum) in Berlin, Germany, is a museum dedicated to the history of video games and interactive entertainment, featuring permanent exhibits like a 1980s arcade…
Computer-Archiv
Computer-Archiv, a German-language resource documenting historic computers and computing technology with detailed technical information and photographs.
ComputerMuseum–Muenchen
ComputerMuseum Munchen (Munich Computer Museum) preserving and exhibiting vintage computing equipment from German and international computing history.
Computing in Japan
A resource guide compiled by Chigusa Kita for SIGCIS (Special Interest Group for Computers, Information, and Society) listing institutions and online sources documenting the history of computing in…
CPU Shack Museum
CPU Shack Museum is an online museum documenting the history of microprocessors, with a collection of over 20,000 CPUs from more than 150 manufacturers plus a large EPROM collection. The site…
Cray-History.net
Cray-History.net is a hobbyist-run archive documenting the history of Cray Research supercomputers, from the Cray-1 through the T3E and beyond, including machine family specifications, photos,…
Dan Bricklin's Website
Dan Bricklin's personal website documenting the history of VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet, along with the companies he founded (Software Arts, Software Garden, Slate Corporation, Trellix…
Dan's Antique Computer Collection
A personal website by Dan Mathias showcasing his private collection of vintage computers, processors, and computing memorabilia, including systems like the IMSAI 8080, Intel Paragon supercomputer,…
Dartmouth Time Sharing System
A volunteer-run project by 'friends of DTSS' to recreate and emulate the original Dartmouth Time-Sharing System (Phase I, 1964-1967), which ran BASIC and Algol on GE-235/DN-30 hardware. The site…
Datamath Calculator Museum
Datamath Calculator Museum is a hobbyist website cataloging every calculator manufactured or sold by Texas Instruments since 1972, featuring photos and technical and historical information on each…
Deutsches Museum
The Deutsches Museum in Munich is one of the world's largest science and technology museums, with twenty permanent exhibitions spanning fields from aviation to chemistry, including significant…
Domestic Electronic Digital Computing
This page presents an on-line, searchable transcription by Ed Thelen of Martin H. Weik's 1964 Ballistic Research Laboratories report 'A Fourth Survey of Domestic Electronic Digital Computing Systems,…
E. W. Dijkstra Archive
Hosted by the University of Texas at Austin, this archive provides online access to over a thousand of Edsger W. Dijkstra's manuscripts, technical notes, and reports (the "EWDs"), digitized as…
Edsac Simulator
EDSAC Simulator project at the University of Warwick, recreating the Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator, one of the first practical stored-program computers.
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is a nonprofit organization that advocates for digital privacy, free speech, and innovation through legal cases, policy advocacy, and public education. It…
Email History
Email History resource tracing the evolution of electronic messaging from 1800s telegraph systems through the development of ARPANET-era electronic mail.
Emidec 1100
This website is a personal nostalgic recollection by a former member of EMI Computing Services Division who worked on the Emidec 1100 computer (later badged as the ICT 1101) in the late 1960s. It…
Eniac Museum
ENIAC Museum online resource dedicated to the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer, built at the University of Pennsylvania.
ENIAC Museum!
This University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science page commemorates ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic computer, built at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering…
European Museum on Computer Science and Technology
International Charity Foundation for History and Development of Computer Science and Technique (ICFCST) in Kyiv, Ukraine, featuring virtual exhibits on computing history and pioneers.
Global Networking Timeline
Tracing milestones from 30,000 BCE through 2010, this timeline of Information Exchange Technology by T. Matthew Ciolek includes computing, networking, and communications.
Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present
"Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present" is a long-running text document by John Bayko cataloguing notable microprocessor designs and architectures from the Intel 4004 onward, focusing on…
Handheld and Portable Computer Club
HPCC is a voluntary, independent user group for enthusiasts of handheld and portable computers and calculators, particularly Hewlett Packard models, run entirely by and for its members without…
Hewlett-Packard History Links
This page, run by the independent HP Alumni Association, curates links to books, articles, and websites on Hewlett-Packard's corporate history, culture, founders, product lines, and acquisitions…
History of Computing in the UK: A Resource Guide
This is a bibliographic resource guide compiled by James Sumner for SIGCIS, the Special Interest Group for Computers, Information, and Society, focused on the history of computing in the United…
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 is a detailed, year-by-year chronology of the Internet's development compiled by Robert H. Zakon, tracing events from the 1957 launch of Sputnik and the creation of ARPA…
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
A personal enthusiast website documenting the history of BCL (Business Computers Ltd) and its Molecular 18 minicomputer, covering the company's origins, hardware, firmware, operating systems, and…
HP Computer Museum
The HP Computer Museum is an independently run archive documenting Hewlett-Packard computing products from 1966 to the early 1990s, including desktops, calculators, computer systems, terminals, and…
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
The Internet Society (ISOC) is a global nonprofit organization working to expand Internet access and promote a safe, trustworthy, open Internet worldwide. It operates through a global community of…
InterPARES Project
InterPARES (International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems) is a multinational research project based at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at the…
IPSJ Computer Museum
IPSJ Computer Museum is an online museum maintained by the Information Processing Society of Japan documenting the history of computing in Japan. It features virtual exhibits on historical Japanese…
John Wolff's Web Museum
An online museum documenting the history, mechanisms, and technical workings of mechanical and early electronic calculating machines. The collection, assembled over 50 years, features machines…
Konrad Zuse
The Konrad Zuse Internet Archive, hosted by Zuse Institute Berlin, provides digitized access to the private papers of computer pioneer Konrad Zuse, including technical drawings, photographs,…
Konrad Zuse (1910-1995)
A personal academic web page created by researcher Jürgen Schmidhuber documenting Konrad Zuse's contributions to early computing, including the Z1, Z3, and Z4 machines and the Plankalkuel programming…
LEO Computers Society
The LEO Computers Society is a charitable organisation founded as a reunion society for former employees of LEO Computers, dedicated to preserving, protecting, and promoting the heritage of the LEO…
MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator)
MAMEdev.org is the official site of The MAME Project, an open-source multi-purpose emulation framework whose source code documents the hardware of vintage arcade machines, computers, video game…
Multiplexed Information and Computing Service
Multicians.org is a volunteer-run archive documenting the history of the Multics time-sharing operating system, contributed to by former Multics developers and users. It hosts hundreds of HTML pages,…
Musee de I'nformatique
Despite its name, this site is now a general tech/business media blog covering IT, AI, cybersecurity, and business marketing topics, run by an anonymous team of technology enthusiasts. It includes…
Musee National Des Techniques
Musée des Arts et Métiers (Museum of Arts and Crafts) in Paris, France, is one of the world's oldest science and technology museums, holding a permanent collection spanning scientific instruments,…
Museum of Computer Culture
San Antonio Museum of Science and Technology (SAMSAT), exploring the intersection of computing technology, science, and cultural history.
Museum of Computing
The Museum of Computing is a physical museum in Swindon, UK, described as the first of its kind in the country, devoted to the history of computing and digital development. Located at Theatre Square,…
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
The Museums Computer Group (MCG) is a UK-based non-profit professional association for individuals working with digital technology in museums, galleries, and heritage organizations. It runs a…