Historical

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The Apollo Guidance Computer Project - 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..

BESM-6 Nostalgia Page - Information about the late Soviet mainframe computer BESM-6, the last original was dismantled in 1995..

Blinkenlights Archaeological Institute - The Institute was established in 1997 to excavate, preserve, research, and present interesting and historically significant computing devices..

The Burroughs B-205 Computer - A mixture of science fiction and fact concerning the B205..

Charles Babbage Institute - CBI is a research center dedicated to promoting the study of the history of computing and its impact on society, and preserving relevant documentation..

The Computer Closet - Rescues classic microcomputers and video games from the junk heap..

Computer History Association of California - 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..

Cosmac Elf - History of 1802-based computing and home of the TinyELF emulator for Palm OS handhelds. Documents, scans, message board..

Enigma Replica - Shows all processes involved Building a replica of the German M4 Naval Enigma..

Historical Computer Society - International user group for old computer enthusiasts "old computers" and/or "old enthusiasts. Dedicated to preserving older and classic computer hardware, software, and literature..

Ian's 'Naff Computer Pics Page' - A page with some pictures of Honeywell-Bull mainframes and mini's (DPS-6 and DPS-7).

ICL 1900 Series Computers - 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..

John Elliott - Dedicated to computers and/or operating systems which some might describe as obsolete..

Largest Classic Computer Documentation Archive - Thousands of scanned classic computer documents..

Mechanical Aids to Calculation - 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..

MIXTEL - Site is dedicated to the first home computer that could be bought in the UK..

The Oldskool PC Shrines - Honoring personal computing in the 1980s..

PC - History - Devoted to the history of the PC, covers all types of personal computers from 1970 to present..

Retro Computer Gallery - Collection of pictures of old computers, consoles, handhelds and magazines..

Sos-hardware.windowstothemax.com - Specifications and known problems of old hardware..

The SWTPC Computer Documentation Repository - Documentation for the SWTPC computer line..

Video Genie System - A personal tribute to an early model PC..

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