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GOOGLEDOODLES

http://www.google.com/doodles

ThefirstGoogleDoodlewasdesignedin 1998 bythe

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WORLDOFSPECTRUM

http://www.worldofspectrum.org

WorldofSpectrumisnottheprettiestofwebsites

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INTERNETARCHIVE

archive.org

Notonly isthisarchive essentialforcheckingpast

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http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/pages/590/

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Created byaneducational charity basedin

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