Computing History

History of Computing

This page is devoted to information about the evolution of computer hardware, programming, and related stuff.

A Chronology of Computer History, which ends in 1994.
Key events in programming history, written in 1999.
A summary of motherboard-CPU interfaces, written in 2001.
A sample of software inventory, as I was using circa 2003.
Descriptions of 2350 programming languages, from 1995 and before.
"99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall" done in 227 programming languages.
For perspective, a comparison of hard drive prices from 2001.

Naturally there are tons of resources on computing history, such as the IEEE History Center, the IEEE Virtual Museum, a nice site at Virginia Tech, the Computer History Museum, and even PBS did a timeline on the subject.