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Background Information

History of Mathematics - (http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/index.html)

The MacTutor History of Mathematics archive at the University of St Andrews is an excellent general resource,  particularly for biographies of mathematicians.

Early Computers

The ABC, Atanasoff Berry Computer - (http://www.scl.ameslab.gov/ABC/)

Biographies of Atanasoff and Berry and the reconstruction of the ABC.

Computer 50. - (http://www.computer50.org)

A site dedicated to to 50^th anniversary celebrations of the first program run on the Manchester Baby.   There is a good account of the history of the Baby and the early Manchester Machines,  together with an account of the project to recreate the SSEM.

D.E.U.C.E - (http://www.users.tpg.com.au/eedeuce/)

John Barret's site dedicated to the English Electric DEUCE computer,  the successor to the ACE.   A lot of information on this important early computer,  including the Logical Design and Programming Manuals.

EDSAC - (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/UoCCL/misc/EDSAC99/)

The 50^th anniversary of EDSAC.   An image of the log entry for 6 May 1949,  a fascinating collection of reminiscences and a photo archive.

ENIAC and early US Army computers. - (http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/comphist/)

A comprehensive archive covering the US Army's earliest computers.   Photographs,  descriptions and documentation.

The PDP-8 Family of computers

Doug Jones' PDP-8 FAQ - (http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/pdp8/)

The best place to start looking for general background information on the PDP-8 family,  read the FAQ and the Summary of Models and Options.

David Gesswein's site - (http://www.pdp8.net)

A massive amount of well organised,  detailed information

Museums

Science Museum, London Picture Library - (http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/piclib/)

 

Science Museum, London - (http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/)

If you can manage a physical visit,  do.   It is worth it just to see the replica of Babbage's Difference Engine No2.

Collections / virtual museums - Institutions

Virtual Museum of Computing - (http://vmoc.museophile.com)

"This virtual museum includes an eclectic collection of World Wide Web (WWW) hyperlinks connected with the history of computing and on-line computer-based exhibits available both locally and around the world".
I can't improve on their own description - it's well worth a visit.

Collections / virtual museums - Personal

Museum of Hewlett Packard calculators - (http://www.hpmuseum.org)

This is impossible to describe - you MUST look at it.

HTML

HTML Tidy Home Page - (http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy)

HTML Tidy is excellent for removing the lumps from home made HTML.

NOTE: Maintenance of HTML Tidy has been taken over by volunteers at Sourceforge Net. http://tidy.sourceforge.net

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