Computer History and Restoration Links

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Computer History and Restoration Links	by Bill Degnan - 02/29/2024 06:53
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Bitsavers Software and Document Archive http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com Retroarchive Multi-Platform http://www.retroarchive.org TextFiles.com rTTY Art Repository http://artscene.textfiles.com/rtty/COLLECTION/ Mazjel.com Datastore: Manuals and system docs galore. http://maben.homeip.net/static/S100/index.html Dave Dunfield's Site - vintage computer newbies should start here, disk archiving info here http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield Glitchworks FDC Results Registry - Drive controllers for imaging disks https://services.theglit....net/ng/testfdc_results Bryan's Old Computers Document Archive http://bytecollector.com/m8_docs.htm The Homebrew Computer Club Newsletters https://arkive.net/gallery/homebrew-computer-club Every Computer That Ever Was (list) http://www.crowl.org/law...e/history/computer_list This Day in Tech History http://thisdayintechhist...com/category/computers/ Samuel S Snyder's 1964 "History of NSA General-Purpose Electronic Digital Computers" http://www.governmentatt...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/pc.shtml EarlyComputers: An Eclectic Collection of Personal Computers, featuring a variety of rare analog computers http://www.earlycomputers.com/ Eastern Bloc Vintage Computing http://www.leningrad.su/museum/main.php?lang=0 Russian Vintage Laptop Museum (mostly Western laptops) http://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 Vintage Computer Federation (formerly MARCH) I am a Member of this Vintage Computing Club in NJ USA: http://www.vcfed.org Classic CMP Mailing List http://www.classiccmp.org/ Chicago Classic Computing (see: docs) http://chiclassiccomp.org/ Floppy Days Podcast http://floppydays.libsyn.com/ Herb Johnson's multi-faceted site covering S-100, CP/M, disk drives/storage, vintage computing hardware research and lot more http://www.retrotechnology.com DBIT: Source for 8" drive adapter to work on a newer drive controller http://www.dbit.com/fdadap.html Restoration of Yellowed Plastic Computer Cases http://retr0bright.wikispaces.com/ Teletype Paper Supplies http://www.wncsupply.com Tape Drive and Tape Recovery Article: https://strandgames.com/...s-source-code-recovered Vintage Hard Drive and related hardware specs, cylinders, tracks, etc http://arl.wustl.edu/~lo...elppc/hardware.txt.html Oscilloscopes - QRZ.com http://www.qrz.com/db/W2AEW?ref=87316558 M. Farris & Associates support for storage devices http://www.mfarris.com/ http://theref.mfarris.com/ Percom Tribute Web Site https://www.rogerarrick.com/percom/sitemap.html Floppy Drive FAQ for Tandy and related http://home.online.no/~kr-lund/Floppy.htm Tandy MFM Hard Disk Drive Reference http://nemesis.lonestar....rdware/storage/mfm.html TRS 80 / Tandy Archive http://www.classiccmp.org/cpmarchives/trs80.php More Tandy OS (Ira Goldklang) http://www.trs-80.com/wordpress/multidos/ Computer History Wiki (heavy on the DEC stuff) http://gunkies.org/wiki/Main_Page PDP 11 UNIBUS/QBUS Field Guide http://www.pdp-11.nl/fieldguide.html PDP 11 DD11 backplane notes http://www.chdickman.com/pdp11/Notes/DD11.shtml Chassis variations / power supplies http://www.brouhaha.com/.../dec/pdp11/chassis.html PDP 11 useful papertape files for testing http://bitsavers.trailin...images/20040101/tray04/ PDP 11 MAINDEC http://www.retrocmp.com/...e////devices/11-40.html Installing UNIX on PDP-11 http://gunkies.org/wiki/...ng_UNIX_Seventh_Edition PDP11 Disk Images http://pdp-11.org.ru/files.pl?lang=en OpenVMS VAX OS http://saf.bio.caltech.edu/vms_beginners_faq.html http://tsmach248.techsui...computing/cs101vax.html http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/856 http://www.mi.infn.it/~c...016.htm#delete_acc_vol2 AT&T Unix PC 7300 / 3B1 FAQ http://unixpc.taronga.com/faq/faq.txt Apple II Restoration http://www.willegal.net/appleii/appleii-repair.htm Ohio Scientific (OSI) resources: http://osiweb.org http://marks-lab.com/osi S-100 Computers A web site for S-100 bus computer owners. Lots of cards, good reference http://www.s100computers.com/ Altair Computer Notes at Rich Cini's site - http://www.altair32.com/Altair32links.htm Jim Battle's SOL website http://www.sol20.org/articles.html DeRAMP is Mike Douglas' Altair, SOL, Northstar Horizon, Vector Graphics, Polymorphic, IMSAI and related systems support site. http://deramp.com/ Altair, IMSAI, Elf Emulators http://incolor.inetnebr....computer_simulators.htm Commodore Plus/4 World http://plus4world.powweb.com/home "..Lots of good Commodore Plus4 stuff there, including a fairly active forum..." TPUG's Canadian Commodore SIG http://www.tpug.ca/index...article&id=73&Itemid=70 Ray Carlsen's CBM Repair FAQs http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/cbm.html Steve Gray's Commodore PET labels page http://www.6502.org/user...er/petlabels/index.html (see also 6502.org for lots more) Gaby's Unofficial CP/M Web Site - http://www.cpm.z80.de/ Heath/Zenith: http://www.lesbird.com/sebhc/ IBM PS/2 Reference Files/drivers http://www.mcamafia.de/mcapage0/adflist1.htm http://www.walshcomptech.com/selectpccbbs/ IBM PS/2 microchannel related site 9595 - Ardent Tool of Capitalism: http://ps-2.kev009.com/ohlandl/ All Things (IBM/PC) DOS http://www.allthingsdos.com 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 http://www.computerhope.com/cdromd.htm Collector's Weekly Vintage Computer Links Page http://www.collectorsweekly.com/computers Reply

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