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Ready for the iProd?
Fri, 16 May 2008 09:19:54 -0700
I felt certain this was an April Fool's joke, but apparently there's a real patent application behind it. (Picture from New Scientist.) Call it the iProd. The idea is you load it with answers to health-related questions, which the device uses to create a...
Yet another "iPhone killer:" Blackberry's Thunder (updated)
Fri, 16 May 2008 08:17:15 -0700
Did you hear that John Mayer is cheating on Apple again? That's right, Apple's poster boy blogged that he's using a Blackberry Bold. Not really surprising considering that RIM sponsored his 2007 tour. Note to Cupertino: send him a 3G iPhone, like, today.  Although RIM hasn't said...
Photo of rumored Palm Treo 800w appears
Fri, 16 May 2008 07:40:13 -0700
Back in the day when I had a Palm OS Treo I used to load up the custom ROMs created by Shadowmite since they took out a bunch of junk that was included by default and helped me recover some available memory. It seems he scored the first photos of...
Video game hardware and software sales up 47% in April 2008
Fri, 16 May 2008 04:46:07 -0700
Americans spent $1.23 bln on video games, hardware and accessories in April 2008, up 47% from April 2007. Total hardware sales grew 26% to $426.2 mln, with the Wii selling 714,200 units, followed by the handheld Nintendo DS at 414,800. Software sales surged to $654.7 mln from $389.4 mln in...
Introduction to BIT
Fri, 16 May 2008 00:15:30 -0700
This is the 1st excerpt from the second book in the Defen series: Business Information Technology: Foundations, Infrastructure, and Culture Introduction This book is designed for people who interact with, but do not want to become, professional information systems...
Verdiem spruces up its Survey PC power management software
Thu, 15 May 2008 20:06:49 -0700
Verdiem, one of the better known developers of power management software that counts Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft among its close partners, has delivered an impressive upgrade to its Surveyor technology. According to the Seattle-based company, the focus was on providing IT managers with even more configuration flexibility than previously available....

 

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404 Alan J. Flavell - A physics professor tells about some of the early computers he worked with.

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.

500 Block I Apollo Guidance Computer Replica - Full details of a successful project to build a working reproduction of the 1964 prototype for the Block I Apollo Guidance Computer.

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.
Meta Description: [ Archives and research center for the history of computing, located at University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis ]

404 Classic 8-Bit Computers - Documentation and technical information for 8-bit home computer systems.

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.
Meta Description: [ The history of computing in California, the magazine we publish about it, and the museum we're creating to display it. Links to computer history resources worldwide. ]

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 4) series operating systems, Minimop and Maximop. Programming languages and other information.
Meta Description: [ ICL 1900 Series Computers ]

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.
Meta Description: [ The invention of the world's 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.
Meta Description: [ The UK home of the first British home computer. Details of the Nascom + Gemini computers. ]

PC - History - This is a site 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.
Meta Description: [ A Collection of photographs of classic computers, consoles, handhelds and magazines from Atari to ZX81 ]

Russian Virtual Computer Museum - The gathering of information concerning the primary stage of origination and development of IT and computing, primarily in Russia and ex-USSR.

Sos-hardware.windowstothemax.com - Specifications and known problems of old hardware.
Meta Description: [ Een Nederlandstalige site met een schat aan informatie over Windows NT en Windows 2000. Wij hebben documentatie, verwijzingen naar documenten verborgen op het net, registry databases en veel meer. ]

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.

The Computer Closet - Rescues classic microcomputers and video games from the junk heap.
Meta Description: [ The Computer Closet rescues classic microcomputers and video games from the junk heap to preserve our technological legacy. ]

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

The SWTPC Computer Documentation Repository - Documentation for the SWTPC computer line.
Meta Description: [ archive of technical documents and ads for Southwest Technical Products Corporation's computers. ]

404 Unisys History Newsletter - Information and links to computer history.

Video Genie System - A personal tribute to an early model PC.
Meta Description: [ Old microcomputer description., Old microcomputer description. ]