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{{short description|Sub-project of WikiProject Computing}}
{{WikiProject status|inactive|taskforce=yes|parent=Computing}}
Some [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]s have formed a [[Wikipedia:Task force|task force]] to better organize information in articles related to '''early computers''' (for which purpose early computers are loosely described as anything before those using [[integrated circuit]]s). This page and its subpages contain their suggestions; it is hoped that this task force will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians. If you would like to help, please inquire on the talk page and see the [[Wikipedia:to-do list|to-do list]] there.

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==Scope==
This task force is a place to co-ordinate work on the numerous Wikipedia pages about early computers.

==Participants==
* [[User:Jnc|Jnc]]|[[User_talk:Jnc|Talk]]
* [[User:Matt Crypto]] — I'm interested in early [[cryptanalytic computer|cryptanalytic hardware]], including computers/proto-computers like the [[Colossus computer|Colossus]] and the [[Bombe]]s.
* [[User:Pavlo Shevelo|pavlosh]]|[[User talk:Pavlo Shevelo|Talk]]
* [[User:Walksonwalls|Walksonwalls]]|[[User talk:Walksonwalls|Talk]]
* [[User:Bubba73|Bubba73]]|[[User talk:Bubba73|Talk]] - inactive, though. I did quite a bit on early computers several months ago, but none lately.
* [[User:Spyza|Spyza]]|[[User_talk:Spyza|Talk]]
* [[User:RTC|RTC]]|[[User_talk:RTC|Talk]]
* It's me, [[User:MiKE100malloy]]; wanna drop me a line at my [[User_talk:MiKE100malloy|Talk]] page? I like the old computers, and hope to contribute more to the project.
* -- [[User:Tinucherian|''' TinuCherian ''']] [[User talk:Tinucherian| (Wanna Talk?) ]] - 06:42, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
* --[[User:Mu301|mikeu]] [[User talk:Mu301|talk]] 12:00, 27 September 2008 (UTC)
* [[User:W Nowicki]]|[[User talk:W Nowicki|Talk]]
* [[Stutya]]|[[User talk:Stutya|Talk]]
*--[[User:ArnoldReinhold|agr]] ([[User talk:ArnoldReinhold|talk]]) 19:45, 12 September 2012 (UTC) Is this still active?
* [[User Bduke|Bduke]] ([[User talk:Bduke|talk]]) I first started computing on a very early computer, coding in Mercury Autocode, in 1960, so I am happy to work in this project, particularity if it becomes more active.

==Goals==
We are starting with a very limited list of goals; however, free free to add more (after discussion on the Talk: page, of course).

* To standardize classification of early computers into several different [[Wikipedia:Category|Categories]]. See [[/Generations]] for a draft article on the stages of early computer development.

==Infoboxes==
* {{tl|User Early computers task force}}
{{User WikiProject Early computers}}
 

 

==Project Articles==
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{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Early computers articles by quality statistics}}

==See also==
* [[:Category:Early computers articles]]
* [[:Category:Early computers]]
* [[:Category:One-of-a-kind computers]]

* [[History of computing hardware]]

==Information sources==

===Books===

The list got rather long, and has been moved to [[/Books]].

===External links===

* The single most important source is probably the ''Annals of the History of Computing'' series; there is an online index of the issues [http://www.computer.org/annals/archives.htm here], but the articles themselves are only free to IEEE members, etc.

* The Charles Babbage Institute has a massive collection of [http://www.cbi.umn.edu/collections/oralhistories.html oral histories] of computer pioneers online; the [http://www.cbi.umn.edu/oh/ complete list] is rather lengthy.

* The University of Manchester has a great web site [http://www.computer50.org/ Birth of the Modern Computer], which includes a good [http://www.computer50.org/mark1/links.html links page].

* The late (and much missed) [http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ Mike Muuss] collected a large number of original documents relating to early computer work in the US, at [http://ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/comphist/ History of Computing Information]

* Some info relating to [http://museum.e-ukraine.org/ early computer work in the USSR] (there used to be [[USSR|such country :-)]] with focus to [[Ukraine]].

* List of books about Soviet computers [http://www.icfcst.kiev.ua/Museum/chBooks.html] on the Kiev Museum server.

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