Computer History Links

Start here, read sections before/after your assignment:
 History of Computing Science Lecture

90 second video!

IBM http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc/pc_1.html

Apple ii http://oldcomputers.net/appleii.html

Altair  http://wwwcsif.cs.ucdavis.edu/~csclub/museum/items/mits_altair_8800.html

Cray  http://www.thocp.net/hardware/cray_1.htm

IBM  http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/mainframe/mainframe_PP2030.html

IBM  http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/pa-microhist.html

Vacuum Tubes, transistors, Processors http://www.crews.org/curriculum/ex/compsci/articles/generations.htm

EDSAC  http://www.thocp.net/hardware/edsac.htm

 Schickard http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/schickard.html

Zuse http://www.idsia.ch/~juergen/zuse.html

http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/lorenz/fish.htm

Turing http://web.bvu.edu/faculty/schweller/Turing/Turing.html

Enigma http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/decoding/enigma.html

Atanasoff-Berry Computer http://inventors.about.com/library/weekly/aa050898.htm?once=true&

Hollerith http://www.columbia.edu/acis/history/hollerith.html

Babbage http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/engines/

Babbage http://www.computerhistory.org/babbage/

Brunsviga http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/brunsviga.html

Arithmometer http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/726021/Arithmometer

Leibniz http://pkirs.utep.edu/mit5312/Additional%20Coverage/Tutorials/ISTypes/Early/leibniz_wheel.htm

Pascal http://www.educalc.net/196488.page

Schickard http://history-computer.com/MechanicalCalculators/Pioneers/Schickard.html

Slide Ruler  http://www.hpmuseum.org/sliderul.htm

Rabodologia http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Rabdologia/

Eniac http://inventors.about.com/od/estartinventions/a/Eniac.htm

Astrolabes http://www.astrolabes.org/

Heron of Alexandriahttp://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/HeronAlexandria.htm

Analylzer http://web.mit.edu/mindell/www/analyzer.htm

Planimeter http://www.hpmuseum.org/planim.htm