Dictionary of the Scots Language

"The Dictionary of the Scots Language (DSL) comprises electronic editions of the two major historical dictionaries of the Scots language: the 12-volume Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST) and the 10-volume Scottish National Dictionary (SND)." The introductory material is very interesting.

to dictionary etext history language scotland scots ... on 11 July 2014

Dropping In on Gottfried Leibniz—Stephen Wolfram Blog

A nice overview of Leibniz's contributions to computational thinking, with many photos of his notes.

to ag0700 computational-thinking computing history leibniz maths retrocomputing ... on 10 July 2014

Beamish Transport Online

I managed to waste most of Saturday morning reading back in this blog. I must actually visit Beamish again at some point...

to bus history industry rail retrotech tram transport ... on 04 June 2014

First-Hand Histories - GHN: IEEE Global History Network

Some remarkably detailed stories here. The one on SAGE and its successors is particularly interesting.

to computing history ieee retrocomputing retrotech ... on 07 March 2014

Software Innovations

Key innovations in the history of computing -- and the degree to which patents had anything to do with them.

to history innovation invention patent retrocomputing ... on 05 March 2014

MIT Radiation Lab series

Scanned versions of the books that the MIT Rad Lab produced after the end of WW2 about their work on radar (as referenced in documents on the Manchester Baby computer).

to electronics etext history mit radar radio retrotech ww2 ... on 09 February 2014

The Harvard Classics / Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf : Free Books : Free Texts : Download & Streaming : Internet Archive

"My purpose in selecting- The Harvard Classics was to provide the literary materials from which a careful and persistent reader might gain a fair view of the progress of man observing , recording, inventing, and imagining from the earliest historical times to the close of the nineteenth century."

to books etext history ... on 15 December 2013

Elite: Claims about numbers sold etc. (very poorly researched Guardian article from very poorly researched material by Francis Spufford)

Criticism of the oft-repeated rubbish about Elite selling more copies than there were BBC Micros.

to acorn ag0700 bbc elite games history retrocomputing sales ... on 15 December 2013

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