Resources for
Module 1
- Abacus Applet
- A java-implementation of a working Abacus, and information on how to use one.
- Ada Lovelace Notes
- Ada Lovelace's notes on her translation of Menebrea's paper on Babbage's Analytical Engine.
- Alan Turing Comprehensive
- Comprehensive Alan Turing Page.
- Alan Turing Page
- Comprehensive Alan Turing resource.
- Alan Turing's biography
- Seven pages of biographical information.
- Atanasoff-Berry Computer
- Description of the very first electronic digital (single purpose) computer.
- Babbage
- by Schaffer: Pt. 3 - Calculating engines and their intelligence.
- Brief History of Computer Technology
- Brief sketch of the development of digital, electronic computers, part of a larger Web-book on computational
science; sponsored by the US Department of Energy.
- Brief History of the Internet
- From the Internet Society.
- Charles Babbage
- Biography with pictures.
- Charles Babbage (1791-1871)
- The Babbage difference engine.
- Charles Babbage Institute
- Dedicated to promoting the study and preservation of the history of information processing.
- Chipping Away at VLSI Design
- An article on the history of chip design, and large scale integrated circuits.
- Chronology of Computer History
- Detailed timeline of international computing history. See also, the file museum.htm at this same URL. Sponsored by the Historical Computer Society.
- Chronology of Digital Computing Machines
- What was the first computer, and who built it?
- Chronology of Events in the History of Microcomputers
- Collection of product announcements and magazine articles.
- Computer History 0000 0001
- Short history of computing at Mississippi State.
- Computer History Timeline
- A list of historical events in the evolution of computers, starting with the invention of the abacus.
- Federal Networking Council
- Official government definition of the Internet.
- Great Microprocessors of the Past and Present
- Comprehensive information about many microprocessors.
- Hamilton College
- The cool college where Rick and Stu weave their magic web
- Herman Hollerith
- Short biographical summary.
- Historic Computer Images
- A collection of high resolution scans made by Mike Muuss for his Computer History archive.
- History of Alan Turing
- From "Alan Turing: the Enigma" by Andrew Hodges.
- History of Computers Notes
- Computers: From the Past to the Present - a series of lecture notes from Michelle Hoyle at University of Regina, Canada. Uses Frames.
- History of Computing
- For the 50th anniversary of the ENIAC, IEEE celebrated by putting up this detailed history from the 1600's on.
- History of the Net
- The View from Internet Valley.
- The Interactive Factory
- A cool and groovy place where educational multimedia comes to life.
- Internet History
- From the Discovery Channel.
- J.A.N. Lee's History of Computing
- A collection of materials related to the history of computing
- Kasparov v. DeepBlue Page
- Comprehensive information on the rematch, and more, sponsored by IBM.
- Konrad Zuse (1910-1995)
- The Father of Modern Computers - long article on Zuse and the Z-family of computers.
- Konrad Zuse's work
- Zuse's own discussion of the Z-family of computers.
- Landmarks in Digital Computing
- A review of major calculating aids.
- Machine That Changed The World
- Outline of the major topics of presentation in each of the episodes of the video series.
- Micro History
- History of the microcomputer revolution by Frank Delaney at the Washington State University.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Why IE is better than Netscape Navigator 3.0... for the moment.
- NetLingo
- A dictionary of the Internet language.
- Netscape Navigator 3.0
- Standards and features of the Netscape browser version 3.0.
- Odyssey Science Center
- A summary of the devices leading to the development of the modern computer.
- PBS Internet timeline
- From the PBS series Life on the Internet.
- Pictures from Computing History
- Photo archive from David Wessels of James Cook University.
- PWS Publishing Company
- The most happenin' publishing company around...
- Slide Rule - Historic
- Old manufacturers information on a slide rule.
- Slide Rule on the WWW
- The Amazine WWW Slide Rule lets you calculate logs online.
- Texas Instruments History
- History of the early TI calculators.
- Tools for Thought
- By Howard Rheingold: Ch. 2 - The First Programmer Was a Lady.
- Turing Institute Home Page
- Links, pictures, etcetera.
- US Army History of Computing Information
- Documents from the home of the ENIAC: The U. S. Army Research Lab.
- Virtual Museum of Computing
- Wonderful listings of computing history, computing resources, images, etc.
- Women & Computers
- From Ada and the Difference Engine to Sandra Bullock in *The Net*.
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