» 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
Articles and photos on many topics; user submitted content with Wiki-style editing for registered users; photo gallery, forum, feedback.
» Computer History Association of California
Non-profit corporation, safeguards and organizes the history of electronic computing, internationally, nationally, and in California. They collect and archive hardware, software, and documents.
» Computer History Museum
Focuses exclusively on the history of computing. Located in Mountain View, California. Search the collection, illustrated timeline, online exhibits and select images from the collection, "This Day in History," curator's choice, and the Hall
» 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.
» National Archive for the History of Computing
Houses the UK's most important collection of documents relating to the history of computing, and encourages interest and study in the history of computing more generally.
» The Association for History and Computing
An international organization which aims to promote and develop interest in the use of computers in all types of historical study at every level, in both teaching and research.
» 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.
» 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.
» Triumph of the Nerds
Biographies, an interactive game, and a questions and answers forum trace the birth of the personal computer at this PBS companion site.
