BUBL LINK: History of computing

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History of computing

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Alan Turing Home Page: Information on Alan Turing (1912-1954), covering his work as a mathematician, philosopher, codebreaker, and early computer scientist.
Author: Turing, Alan & Hodges, Andrew
Subjects: cryptography, history of computing
DeweyClass: 509
Resource type: documents
Chronology of Personal Computers: Summarises important events in the development of computers from 1947 to the present.
Author: Polsson, Ken
Subjects: history of computing
DeweyClass: 004
Resource type: document
Computer 50: Information about the first stored-program electronic digital computer, Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), which was created on June 21, 1948 at the University of Manchester. Includes events, SSEM, Manchester Mark 1, Ferranti Mark 1 and the Virtual Museum of Manchester Computing.
Author: Manchester University Department of Computer Science
Subjects: history of computing
DeweyClass: 621.39
Resource type: documents, images
Computer Museum History Center: Presents a timeline exploring the history of computers from 1945 to 1990, exhibitions tracing the development of the Internet and the microprocessor, details of research requests and events, and collections of artefacts, documentation, ephemera, media (audio, digital, film, photo, and video), and software.
Author: Computer Museum History Center
Subjects: history of computing
DeweyClass: 004
Resource type: documents, images
Museum of Hewlett Packard Calculators: Charts the development of the HP calculator from 1968 to 1986. Also considers what calculation tools were in existence before the first HP model was produced and looks at a few more recent models. Includes images, lists of features, and manuals where available.
Author: Museum of HP Calculators
Subjects: history of computing, history of mathematics
DeweyClass: 510
Resource type: images, productinfo
Once Upon A BUBL: PowerPoint slideshow illustrating what the BUBL Information Service looked like in 1992. This was before the Gopher and Web services were launched and the system was based on a simple directory structure.
Author: Nicholson, Dennis
Subjects: history of computing, internet resource directories
DeweyClass: 025.04
Resource type: documents
Planet Sinclair: Extensive collection of information about Sinclair computers, including the ZX Spectrum. Includes sections on the machines, the company, magazines, Sir Clive Sinclair himself, software emulators and utilities, and facts sheets covering every Sinclair product ever made.
Author: Clive Sinclair and University of Trondheim
Subjects: history of computing, sinclair spectrum
DeweyClass: 004.1
Resource type: documents, software
SiliconBase Archives: Collection of over 2000 documents, images, audio and video files about computer history and the digital age.
Author: Stanford University Information Technology and Society Project
Subjects: history of computing
DeweyClass: 004
Resource type: documents, images
TAP: The Ada Project: Resources about women in computing past and present.
Author: Hupfer, Susanne & Freeman, Elisabeth
Subjects: history of computing, women in science
DeweyClass: 004
Resource type: documents
Virtual Museum of Computing: An eclectic collection of links connected with the history of computing and online computer-based exhibits available both locally and around the world.
Author: Oxford University
Subjects: history of computing
DeweyClass: 004
Resource type: index
World of Spectrum Archive: Collection of games, text adventures, educational programs, utilities and other software for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum home computer (born 1982), as well as file format specifications and other information files.
Author: Heide, Martijn van der
Subjects: history of computing, sinclair spectrum
DeweyClass: 004.165
Resource type: software archive