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  • Computer History Association of California - http://www.chac.org/
    • Chac is a nonprofit 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.
  • MIXTEL - http://www.mixtel.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
    • Site is dedicated to the first home computer that could be bought in the UK.
  • Charles Babbage Institute - http://www.cbi.umn.edu/
    • CBI is a research center dedicated to promoting the study of the history of computing and its impact on society, and preserving relevant documentation.
  • Historical Computer Society - http://www.cyberstreet.com/hcs/hcs.htm
    • International user group for old computer enthusiasts "old computers" and/or "old enthusiasts. Dedicated to preserving older and classic computer hardware, software, and literature.
  • PC - History - http://www.pc-history.org/
    • Devoted to the history of the PC, covers all types of personal computers from 1970 to present.
  • The Burroughs B-205 Computer - http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/b205/index.html
    • A mixture of science fiction and fact concerning the B205.
  • Blinkenlights Archaeological Institute - http://www.blinkenlights.com/
    • The Institute was established in 1997 to excavate, preserve, research, and present interesting and historically significant computing devices.
  • The SWTPC Computer Documentation Repository - http://www.swtpc.com/
    • Documentation for the SWTPC computer line.
  • John Elliott - http://www.seasip.demon.co.uk/
    • Dedicated to computers and/or operating systems which some might describe as obsolete.
  • The Oldskool PC Shrines - http://www.oldskool.org/shrines/
    • Honoring personal computing in the 1980s.
  • Retro Computer Gallery - http://www.imarshall.karoo.net/
    • Collection of pictures of old computers, consoles, handhelds and magazines.
  • BESM-6 Nostalgia Page - http://www.mailcom.com/besm6/
    • Information about the late Soviet mainframe computer BESM-6, the last original was dismantled in 1995.
  • Video Genie System - http://home.online.no/~kr-lund/vgs.htm
    • A personal tribute to an early model PC.
  • Enigma Replica - http://www.enigma-replica.com
    • Shows all processes involved Building a replica of the German M4 Naval Enigma.
  • Sos-hardware.windowstothemax.com - http://sos-hardware.windowstothemax.com
    • Specifications and known problems of old hardware.
  • The Computer Closet - http://www.computercloset.org/
    • Rescues classic microcomputers and video games from the junk heap.
  • Ian's 'Naff Computer Pics Page' - http://web.ukonline.co.uk/ie.dunster/my%20stuff/computer_page.htm
    • A page with some pictures of Honeywell-Bull mainframes and mini's (DPS-6 and DPS-7)
  • ICL 1900 Series Computers - http://www.fcs.eu.com/icl1900/index.html
    • Information about the ICL 1900 series mainframes from the 1970s, both hardware and software. The George (1S, 2, 3 and 4) series operating systems, Minimop and Maximop. Programming languages and other information.
  • Cosmac Elf - http://homepage.mac.com/ruske/cosmacelf/
    • History of 1802-based computing and home of the TinyELF emulator for Palm OS handhelds. Documents, scans, message board.
  • The Apollo Guidance Computer Project - http://hrst.mit.edu/hrs/apollo/public/
    • The Apollo Guidance Computer (AGC) was developed to provide reliable real-time control for the Apollo spacecraft that carried US astronauts to the moon, 1969-1972. This site is devoted to documenting the machines, people and institutions that made this possible.
  • Largest Classic Computer Documentation Archive - http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/index.txt
    • Thousands of scanned classic computer documents.
  • Mechanical Aids to Calculation - http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/calcaids.htm
    • History on the first automatic totalizer by Sir George Julius, mechanical aids to calculation - extracts of a paper presented to the Institution of Engineers Australia in 1920.

 
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