History of Computers

The Computer History Museum website is a must-visit!  In addition to really great information, the virtual exhibition on the home page is fantastic.

When you click on the exhibition title "R | Evolution, View online," you can explore the images of historic computers.


A series of dots (which you also see on the home page image illustrated here) moves you through the exhibit; each dot takes you to a new topic and a new series of images on that topic.


For example, on Aleem Bawany's blog on the History of Computers he discusses the use of a modified version of Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine in the US Census.  The R | Evolution exhibition shows a picture of that early census punch-card computer.

There is a fabulous video about the Antikythera Mechanism on the timeline, too.  And don't miss the Drumitar in the section about computers and music!