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History of Computers and Computing

Proposed Q&A site for historians, enthusiasts and those who have personally experienced the evolution of computing.
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Super User has a history tag, so these question might be suitable for SU. – Kaveh May 13 at 6:21

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Is computing history a subset of Programmers.SE?

jul 22 at 22:06 CrazyJugglerDrummer 9,794
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Merging Retrocomputing and History of Computers

jun 6 '11 at 0:44 Dori 728

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"My first computer was a Kenbak-1 (now in a museum), and I also had a Sphere 6800. I programmed on a PDP-8, IBM 360, and Univac 1108."
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"This site could dig up cool historical information that's been buried for decades."
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