Historical Resources
Displaying 16 Resources (Type: Personal Collection)
Altair, Virtual
Virtual Altair Museum documenting the MITS Altair 8800 and related Pertec/iCOM microcomputers that launched the personal computer revolution in the 1970s.
American Computer Museum
American Computer and Robotics Museum in Bozeman, Montana - one of the oldest continuously operating computer museums in the world, with exhibits spanning 4,000 years of information technology.
Apple Computer, History of
Apple product history site (established 1996, last updated 2015) with specifications, photos, and timelines for Macintosh, iPod, iPhone, and iPad models.
Calcolatoria by Nicola Marras
Calcolatoria - Nicola Marras's collection documenting the history of calculating instruments from ancient times through mechanical and electronic calculators.
Calculator Reference at Vcalc.net
Vintage calculator reference site with information about collectible calculators, including HP, TI, and other manufacturers.
Commodore, History of the
Commodore.ca - comprehensive resource documenting the history of Commodore Business Machines, including the PET, VIC-20, C64, and Amiga computer lines.
Cray-History.net
Cray History project documenting the history of Cray Research and its supercomputers, with a collection of materials starting from the Cray-1.
Dan Bricklin's Website
Dan Bricklin's website documenting the creation of VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet, which helped launch the personal computer revolution.
Domestic Electronic Digital Computing
Ed Thelen's comprehensive reference to the Ballistic Research Laboratory's 1964 survey of worldwide computers, a key document in early computing history.
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…
LEO Computers Society
LEO Computers Society, preserving the history of the LEO (Lyons Electronic Office), the world's first business computer, developed in 1951 by J. Lyons & Co.
Museum of Computing
Museum of Computing in Swindon, UK - a hands-on museum featuring working vintage computers and interactive exhibits spanning computing history.
Obsolete Computer Museum
Obsolete Computer Museum featuring a curated list of vintage and discontinued computers with photographs and basic specifications.
Old Computer Museum
Old Computer Museum featuring a collection of vintage PCs and home computers with photographs, specifications, and historical notes.
Slide Rule Collection
Nathan Zeldes's History of Computing reference site with curated links and information about key developments in computing history.
Vintage Computers, List of
Vintage-Computer.com, a community resource listing and cataloging vintage computers, terminals, and peripherals from various manufacturers.