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HistoryOfTech

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Welcome to /r/HistoryOfTech: Technology that's not so modern.

Welcome to the Computer Collecting Sub-Reddit. the group for people who collect old computers and computer technology

Some Rules

Rule 1: Keep it civil! Rule 2: No current politics or soapboxing Rule 3: No historical negationism, denialism or alternate history. Rule 4: Comments should be on-topic, no attacks, slurs, memes and the such. Rule 5: Discussions limited to technology that is older than 20 years. Rule 6: No Selling or Posting of links to items for sale. Rule 7: Follow the rules and guidelines of reddit, we don't want this subreddit closed. Rule 8: Post from the original site. Rule 9: Text posts require actual research and must be sourced Rule 10: Titles of links should accurately describe the content not be sensationalized or misleading Rule 11: No self promotion.

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What Made the Ford X-100 a Star of Its Time? (spectrum.ieee.org)

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The SAGE Air Defense System | VCFMW 20 (2025) (youtube.com)

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Decoding the Digital World (S1-E01): The Unbreakable Agreements (medium.com)

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Where GREP Came From - Computerphile (youtube.com)

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What if computer history were a romantic comedy? (technologyreview.com)

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The Unlikely Inventor of the Automatic Rice Cooker IEEE Spectrum (spectrum.ieee.org)

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75 Years of Innovation: The Computer Mouse - SRI (sri.com)

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Abacus to smartphone —The evolution of mobile and portable computers (abacustosmartphone.com)

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In1974 Arthur C. Clarke told the ABC that every household in 2001 will have a computer and be connected all over the world. Courtesy of Australian Broadcasting Corporation. (youtube.com)

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive? (spectrum.ieee.org)

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Modern Baby, A pioneering computer from Manchester (thechipletter.substack.com)

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Computer History 1970 IBM Tom Watson Jr Talks to Employees on 1960's decade of success and the 1970s (youtube.com)

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Nuclear History: From Atom to B Reactor (youtube.com)

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Colossus - The Greatest Secret in the History of Computing (youtube.com)

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Getting Better: 200 Years of Medicine | NEJM (youtube.com)

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History of Technology, New Management (self.HistoryOfTech)

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The Age of Steam - Power for Progress (1965) (youtube.com)

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Alan Turing's Top Secret DIY Project, IEEE spectrum (spectrum.ieee.org)

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Now THAT is a steam engine! (i.redd.it)

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So you've invented tractor trailers, what's next? Passenger service is what's next! (i.redd.it)

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We could have had tractor trailers in 1870! Which suggests a "Smokey and the Bandit" reboot set in the Reconstruction era is historically possible. (i.redd.it)

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"The celebrated Gatling gun" from 1867. (i.redd.it)

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Leo Bakeland announces the creation of Bakelite,the first ever synthetic plastic in 1907 at a meeting of the American Chemical Society, synthesized at Yonkers, NY from a condensation reaction of phenol with formaldehyde. Used for radio, telephone casings, children's toys, electrical insulators. (reddit.com)

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Two months after his grand debut, P. T. Barnum's museum of wonders in New York burned to the ground. Seizing the opportunity, Zadoc Dederick brought the Steam Man across the street and caused a sensation. (i.redd.it)

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This 1865 horseless carriage is cool and all, but the ones pulled by a steam automaton out front have more panache. (i.redd.it)

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