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GOOGLEDOODLES
http://www.google.com/doodles
ThefirstGoogleDoodlewasdesignedin 1998 bythe
techgiant’sco-foundersLarryPageandSergeyBrin
tomarktheirattendanceattheBurningManfestival
intheNevadadesert.Therehavebeenmorethan
4,000doodlessincethen,eachplayingaroundwith
theGooglelogo,andyoucanseethewholelotin
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WORLDOFSPECTRUM
http://www.worldofspectrum.org
WorldofSpectrumisnottheprettiestofwebsites
andit’scertainlyshowingsignsofage,butit’sa
goldmineforfansofSinclair’sfinest.Packedwith
thousandsofgames,utilities,books,adverts,
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more,itprovidesagreattripdownmemorylane.
Improvementsalsoappear tobeontheway(see
live.worldofspectrum.org).
INTERNETARCHIVE
archive.org
Notonly isthisarchive essentialforcheckingpast
versionsofwebsites, italso contains large numbers
oftech-related collections.These include old
manuals, classic magazines,and scoresofgames
and applications for differentretro computers,
manyofwhichcan be played inyour browser.
You’ll return toitagainand again.
CENTREFOR COMPUTINGHISTORY
http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/pages/590/
Search-Our-Archive
Created byaneducational charity basedin
Cambridge,thiswebsitecatalogues themany
items the Centre for ComputingHistoryhas in its
collection.Search through adverts, blankmedia,
newsletters,circuit diagrams andlots ofother
fascinatingstuff toread more aboutthemwhile
viewingimages anddiscovering specs.
⬆There are also brochures that you can flip
through, many ofwhich have been collected
from the Internet Archive
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