Computer History and Restoration Links
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by Bill Degnan - 10/06/2025 08:52 |
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Bitsavers Software and Document Archive https://bitsavers.org https://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com (mirror) Retroarchive Multi-Platform http://www.retroarchive.org (not secure) TextFiles.com rTTY Art Repository http://artscene.textfiles.com/rtty/COLLECTION/ (not secure) Dave Dunfield's Site - vintage computer newbies should start here, disk archiving info here https://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield Motherboard and Floppy Controller Test Results Relating to Disk Archiving https://rails-services.g...rks.net/testfdc_results https://retrocmp.de/ctrl/testfdc/testfdc.htm Glitchworks Products and Projects https://users.glitchwrks.com/~glitch/vintage.html Bryan's Old Computers Document Archive https://bytecollector.com/m8_docs.htm Knut Roll-Lund's Vintage Computing https://knut.one/ Old Vintage Computing Research (Blog of high-quality articles) https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/ The Homebrew Computer Club Newsletters https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/ht445nv3709 Every Computer That Ever Was (list) https://www.crowl.org/la...e/history/computer_list This Day in Tech History https://thisdayintechhis...com/category/computers/ Samuel S Snyder's 1964 "History of NSA General-Purpose Electronic Digital Computers" https://www.governmentat...ocs/NSA-HGPEDC_1964.pdf Personal Computer Milestones - Fun page that attempts to answer the question: "What was the first PC?" http://www.blinkenlights.com/ (not secure) EarlyComputers: An Eclectic Collection of Personal Computers, featuring a variety of rare analog computers https://www.earlycomputers.com/ https://www.thecomputerchurch.org/ (physical museum) Eastern Bloc Vintage Computing https://www.leningrad.su/museum/main.php?lang=0 (SSL expired) Russian Vintage Laptop Museum (mostly Western laptops) https://vintage-laptops.com/?page_id=2&lang=en Home Computer Museum - Germany Large (very large) collection of "keyboard is the computer" era machines (primarily 1979-87) http://www.homecomputer.de (not secure) Vintage Computer Federation (formerly MARCH) I am a Member of this Vintage Computing Club in NJ USA: https://www.vcfed.org Classic CMP Mailing List https://www.classiccmp.org/ Chicago Classic Computing (see: docs) https://chiclassiccomp.org/ Floppy Days Podcast https://floppydays.libsyn.com/ Herb Johnson's multi-faceted site covering S-100, CP/M, disk drives/storage, vintage computing hardware research and lot more https://www.retrotechnology.com Dennis Boone's SYSOVL vintage computing resources - downloads, docs, manuals, etc. https://www.sysovl.info DBIT: Source for 8" drive adapter to work on a newer drive controller https://www.dbit.com/fdadap.html (secure) Restoration of Yellowed Plastic Computer Cases https://www.retr0bright.com/ Teletype Paper Supplies https://www.aetherltd.com/ Tape Drive and Tape Recovery Article: https://strandgames.com/...s-source-code-recovered Oscilloscopes - QRZ.com https://www.qrz.com/db/W2AEW?ref=87316558 M. Farris & Associates support for storage devices https://www.globalspec.c...ofile/MFarrisAssociates Percom Tribute Web Site https://www.rogerarrick.com/percom/sitemap.html TRS 80 / Tandy Archive https://www.classiccmp.org/cpmarchives/trs80.php More Tandy OS (Ira Goldklang) https://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/multidos/ Computer History Wiki (heavy on the DEC stuff) https://gunkies.org/wiki/Main_Page PDP 11 UNIBUS/QBUS Field Guide https://www.pdp-11.nl/fieldguide.html PDP 11 DD11 backplane notes https://www.chdickman.com/pdp11/Notes/DD11.shtml PDP 11 useful papertape files for testing https://bitsavers.traili...images/20040101/tray04/ PDP 11 MAINDEC https://www.retrocmp.com...e////devices/11-40.html Installing UNIX on PDP-11 https://gunkies.org/wiki...ng_UNIX_Seventh_Edition PDP11 Disk Images https://pdp-11.org.ru/ Robs Old Computers - DEC and other related blog site https://robs-old-computers.com/ OpenVMS VAX OS https://www0.mi.infn.it/...olo/OpenVMS/vmsfaq.html AT&T Unix PC 7300 / 3B1 FAQ https://shiftleft.com/mi....com/faq/part1/faq.html Apple II Restoration https://www.willegal.net...leii/appleii-repair.htm Ohio Scientific (OSI) resources: https://osiweb.org https://marks-lab.com/osi S-100 Computers A web site for S-100 bus computer owners. Lots of cards, good reference https://www.s100computers.com/ Jim Battle's SOL website https://www.sol20.org/articles.html DeRAMP is Mike Douglas' Altair, SOL, Northstar Horizon, Vector Graphic, Polymorphic, IMSAI and related systems support site. https://deramp.com/ 8080 ROM Monitors https://retrocmp.de/soft...rommon/rom-monitors.htm Michael Evenson Flex/SWTPc info http://www.evenson-consu...g.com/swtpc/default.htm Mirror of Michael Holley’s 6800/6809 SWTPc site https://deramp.com/swtpc.com/ Commodore Plus/4 World https://plus4world.powweb.com/home "..Lots of good Commodore Plus4 stuff there, including a fairly active forum..." TPUG's Canadian Commodore SIG https://www.tpug.ca/inde...article&id=73&Itemid=70 Ray Carlsen's CBM Repair FAQs https://portcommodore.com/rcarlsen/ Commodore Knowledge Base https://www.floodgap.com/retrobits/ckb/ Gaby's Unofficial CP/M Web Site - https://www.cpm.z80.de/ Heath/Zenith: https://sebhc.github.io/sebhc/ IBM PS/2 Reference Files/drivers https://www.mcamafia.de/mcapage0/adflist1.htm https://www.walshcomptech.com/selectpccbbs/ IBM PS/2 microchannel related site 9595 - Ardent Tool of Capitalism: https://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/ Microsoft DOS images https://winworldpc.com/product/ms-dos/ WinWorld Abandonware Site for older versions of Windows https://winworldpc.com/ The A+ Reference Book" by Phil Croucher, which lists switch settings for hundreds of motherboards, BIOS settings, POST codes and much more. aplus.pdf How to Add CD ROM to MS DOS Machine https://www.computerhope.com/cdromd.htm Collector's Weekly Vintage Computer Links Page https://www.collectorsweekly.com/computers Reply |
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Vintage Computer Festival East 3.0 June 2006
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VOLSCAN - The first desktop computer with a GUI? Oct 2006
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Magnavox Mystery - a Computer, or? Jan 2007
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The Sperry UNIVAC 1219 Military Computer May 2007
VCF East 2007 - PET 30th Anniversary June/July 2007
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Community Memory and The People's Computer Company October 2007
Charles Babbage's Calculating Machine December 2007
Vintage Computing - A 1983 Perspective February 2008
Laptops and Portables May 2008
From Giant Brains to Hobby Computers - 1957 to 1977 August 2008
Historic Computer Magazines November 2008
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Computer Music Summer 2009
Popular Electronics Jan/Feb 1975 - Altair 8800 Fall 2009
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