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Strowger Net edit / delete

British telecoms history -- e.g. how area codes relate to placenames, and the early history of automatic exchanges.

to history phone retrotech telecom telephone uk ... on 01 December 2013

The Light Straw Domain edit / delete

Assorted kinds of retrotech.

to history railway retrotech telecom telephone ... on 13 November 2013

STROWGER NET ARCHIVE PAGES edit / delete

Andy Emmerson's site -- telephone and telecomms history, particularly for the UK.

to history retrotech telecom telephone ... on 13 November 2013

The Magnetic Scrolls Memorial edit / delete

I'm trying to remember if I ever played any of these back in the 90s... I certainly remember the ads, though.

to games history if magnetic-scrolls retrocomputing ... on 11 July 2013

mit :: whirlwind :: Redmond Project Whirlwind A Case History In Contemporary Technology 1975 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive edit / delete

The history of Project Whirlwind, with some interesting technical details.

to history ibm mit retrocomputing retrotech sage whirlwind ... on 07 June 2013

Computing at Chilton: 1961-2003 edit / delete

Comprehensive history of computing at Rutherford Appleton Labs (and Harwell before that). Includes some interesting stuff on the PERQ, and lots of photos.

to history ibm perq ral research retrocomputing supercomputing ... on 07 June 2013

Website for Mike Horne author and researcher - Contents edit / delete

Railway history. The book on the history of London Underground's telecommunications is particularly interesting.

to history london rail retrotech telecom train underground ... on 28 May 2013

The Language of Food edit / delete

Very interesting. Shame it's not been updated in a while!

to amusements cooking etymology food history language linguistics ... on 08 April 2013

Stokers and pokers (Open Library) edit / delete

"or, The London and North Western Railway, the electric telegraph and the Railway Clearing House". An amusing 1849 memoir on the early railways.

to etext history railway retrotech ... on 24 March 2013

Delia Derbyshire Audiological Chronology edit / delete

The site the Wiki is being built from; this also gives a quick overview of her recorded works. I was pleased to discover that I've actually got some I wasn't aware of on BBC effects tapes that came from Sevenoaks Library...

to bbc delia-derbyshire electronic history music ... on 24 March 2013