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Comprehensive History of Information and Computing: References

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The following structures the domain into sub-areas for which the used sources, and the not-yet integrated sources, are listed. Besides the sources mentioned here there are also more links used but hey are very specific and only appear in the history itself.

Hardware:
TODO: computer-families (e.g. VAX), play stations, processors (e.g. Intel's), instruction sets, RISC vs CISC (indirect addressing etc), monitors (TFT...), CD-ROM. Future technologies: Research in opto-electronic, bio-electronic and quantum technology.
Applied Systems. TODO: embedded systems, machine control (fuzzy control, neural nets)
Operating Systems Used: [InvCS] Michael Schneider, Judith L Gersting: An Invitation to Computer Science; West, 1995. Wanted: OS/2, Linux ...
Networks (see also Applications/Hypermedia) Used: A Brief History of the Internet, ARPANET and Beyond.
Emulators, simulators, interpreters for old operating systems and languages Used: The Retrocomputing Museum, CCS Archive, and from links in other sources.
Algorithms, arithmetics, algebra, and theory (independant from computers). Used: An overview of the history of mathematics, A Brief History of Algebra and Computing, [Math] Fachlexikon ABC Mathematik; Harri Deutsch, 1978.
Information Representation, Encoding, Notation, Language:
- language: [EML] John Lyons: Einführung in die moderne Linguistik (7th unchanged ed.); C H Beck 1989. -- original: Introduction to Theoretial Linguistics, Cambridge Univ. Press 1968.
  [AITL] Vitocria Fromkin, Robert Rodman: An Introduction to Language; 6th ed, Harcourt Brace 1998 (1974).
  [dtv] dtv-Atlas Deutsche Sprache; dtv 1998.
- encoding: Annotated history of character codes, codes (punch cards, OCR ...), from ASCII onwards (ASCII, national variants, ISO, code-pages, Unicode), Character sets. LETTERS, TOKENS and CODES, Punched Cards, A Brief History of Character Codes
  Missing: Braille, European Videotext character set ISO 6937 (c.f.), postscrips code page (c.f.), ...
  Not used: Encyclopaedia of Typography and Electronic Communication,
- mathematic notation & calculi. Used: [HN] Historische Notizen (Column) by F.L.Bauer; Informatik Spektrum 19/2 and 19/5; Springer, 1996.
  Vaughan R. Pratt: Origins of the Calculus of Binary Relations; 248-254: IEEE Symp. on Logic in Computer Science; 1992.
  Does anybody have a copy if this one (listed in [TEP]): Florian Cajori: A History of Mathemical Notations (2 volumes); Open Court, Chicago IL, 1928-29
- programming languages.
  Used:Lisp
  [Sim] Birtwistle, Dahl, Myhrhaug, Nygaard: Simula Begin (2nd ed) 1979.
  [OOAD] Grady Booch: Object-oriented Analysis and Design with Applications; (2nd ed) Addison-Wesley, 1994.
  [PL] K C Louden: Programming Languages; PWS-KENT, 1993.
  [TEP] Ryan Stansifer: Theorie und Entwicklung von Programmiersprachen; Prentice-Hall 1995.
  [HPL] Richard L Wexelblat (ed): Proceedings of the History of Programming Languages Conference 1978; Academic Press 1981.
  H: Hopper's keynote address
  specification and design notations. ...
Modelling: [MRW] C Partridge: Modelling the real world: Are classes abstractions or objects?; JOOP 7/7, 1994.
[VcP] Antero Taivalasaari: Classes versus Prototypes: Some Philosphical and Historical Observations; JOOP Nov/Dec 1997.
Theories, formalizations, formalism. TODO: mathematics (history), abstract automata (Mealy, Moore), formal languages, grammars (Chomsky), Petri-nets, neural nets, relational databases (Codd?)
Applications. There are not many internet sources in this issue, e.g. the ongoing project History of Computer Software.
- Games. Wanted: arcade, console, on general computer, first games, Breakout/Arcaloid, Space Invaders, Pacman ...
- Hypermedia Used: WWW Beyond the Basics, History and Prehistory of the WEB ...
- Scientific computing. TODO: supercomputers (Cray), parallel computing (The History of the Development of Parallel Computing.
- Databases (the relational model, SQL ...). TODO
- Artificial Intelligence, neural networks, genetic programming. TODO: The AI Attic: classic AI programs and games including Joseph Weizenbaum's Eliza [applett], Adventure etc and AI languages including XLISP etc; Penrose.
TODO: Knuth's TeX (since when?), graphics, sound, speach generation, synthesizers, samplers, computer generated movies, virtual environments.
Internet telephoning.
Computer errors, viruses, hackers. Used: [Vir] J.O.Kephart et.al: Kampf den Computerviren; In: Spektrum der Wissenschaft 5/1998.
TODO more
Software development. More: Formal methods - selected historical references.
TODO more
Compilers. Used: [CC] F L Bauer: Historical Remarks on Compiler Construction; LNCS 21, 1974.
Program concepts (client/server...). Used: [QC] Quibeldey-Cirkel: Das Object, Paradigma in der Informatik; Teubner, 1994.
TODO: more (generic types and modules, polymorphism ...)
Theory. Used: [Log] J N Crossley et al: What is mathematical logic?; Oxford, 1972. [Sem] P Cobley, L Jansz: Semiotics for Beginners; Icon, 1997.
Cybernetics. TODO
People, corporations and computing organizations. Partially: Pioneers of Computing. Past Notable Women of Computing.
TODO: Mathematicians, at the The Virtual Museum of Computing, The Alan Turing Home Page, Wozniak, early Bill Gates, IBM's history.
Computing in novels and movies. TODO: Colossus, HAL (in 2001), War Games ...

Information on several fields at once can be found in

history of mathematics home page
links to computer musea
Maxmon's A History of Computers
Full of information and links: [not completely researched/integrated] The Virtual Museum of Computing [UK mirror] with link-collections of computer-related museums, on-line exhibits and information, personal collections.
Chronology of Events in Computer History,
The History of Computing (at Aachen, Germany, courtesy from Virginia Tech),
History of Computing Information
[not yet researched] IEEE Annals of the History of Computing
[researched up to 1953 -- next: Speedcoding] IEEE Events in the History of Computing
National Inventors Hall of Fame Index of Inventions
System Source Computer museum
Commercial Computing Museum - Computer museum, located in Canada, dedicated to the history of data processing and office automation.
Garganuan Virtual Guide to Cyber-History - This site is one of the most complete guides to the history of computing available. Explore the various Web, FTP, News and Gopher Sites available.
History of Computing [vt.edu]
Alfa-Informatica (``Humanities Computing'') is the study of language, history and culture from a computational perspective, integrating theoretical, experimental and practical aspects of this study.

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