Alisdair's Biography Computer LinksComputers and MusicIBM Computer Music Center
Some of the work done at the IBM Centre Music Informatics Research Group
Formerly known as the Artificial Intelligence and Music Research Group, is part of the Division of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. The group's research interest is the application of Artificial Intelligence techniques and methods to modeling human musical behaviour and communication, and so to support music analysis, performance, education and composition research. Sage Weils' Paper on Neural Networks
Sage's paper on applying neural network techniques to the problem of analyzing music based on frequency spectrum data sampled over time and evaluate algorithm effectiveness on the task of musical genre identification. International Computer Music Association
The International Computer Music Association is an international affiliation of individuals and institutions involved in the technical, creative, and performance aspects of computer music. It serves composers, computer software and hardware developers, researchers, and musicians who are interested in the integration of music and technology. Computer HistoryApricot Computer History
Apricot were the UK based distributor then manufacturer of the ACT Sirius I in the United Kingdom and Europe. Site provides a great history of the company. A brief history of the development of Teletext and Viewdata
HIstory from the early 1970's by engineers from the BBC and the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA). Carlson's New Media Timeline - Computer History from 1960 onwards
David Carlson's Graphical Time Line of History Of Computing Computer Conservation Society
The Society was formed in 1989 as an initiative between the British Computer Society and the Science Museum of London. It aims to promote the conservation of Historic Computers and encourage research on Historic Computers. History of Electronic Publishing
Nice overview of the history of Teletext. History of the Internet
Graphical Presentation of the History. History of Computing year index
History by Year. Pick a year and you can see the events that happened during that year. How to BBS!
Still keeping alive the Bulletin Boards Internet Pioneers-History
A place where you may find links to both historic documents on the Internet as well as sites on the net which specialize in net history The Birth of the BBS
Ward and Randy on the Beginnings! Softpanorama (slightly skeptical) Open Source Software Educational Society
All the links to work on "Open Source" and it's historical beginnings. National Archive for the History of Computing
The UK's National Archive for the History of Computing opened in 1987 to provide a repository for the documents and images of computer history, and a centre to encourage its study. A rich collection is now available to scholars. Practical Electronics UK Magazine
The UK magazine that got me into electronics. The Virtual Museum Of Computing
This UK virtual museum includes an eclectic collection of World Wide Web (WWW) hyperlinks connected with the history of computing and on-line computer-based exhibits. Operating SystemsA History Of UNIX
Adam C. Ehlis' Quck History Of UNIX A Short History of MS-DOS
Written by Tim Paterson himself. Origins of MS-DOS
Articles about MS-DOS and Tim Paterson. The History of CP/M
The history of the operating system that prompted MS-DOS. Microsoft Timeline
From Altair BASIC to Windows 98, everything Microsoft has accomplished. The History of Windows
MS-DOS was the beginning of "Windows" the IBM based graphical interface. MaxFrame CP/M Pages
The official link site for CP/M resources worldwide ComputersDoug Jones's DEC PDP-8 Pages
The DEC PDP-8 computer, introduced 30 years ago on March 22, 1965, is generally recognized as the most important small computer of the 1960's. It was the least expensive parallel general purpose computer on the market, the first computer sold on a retail basis, and the first parallel general purpose digital computer sold in a table-top configuration and the first real computer I used! Yamaha MSX CX-5m
The first purpose built music computer - I wrote a number of programs and ROM extensions for the first version. Michael French's Wren Page
Michael French wrote to me to ask for more information on the Wren Executive Computer and set-up this page with pictures of the Wren Computer Wren Executive at the Old-Computers.Com Museum
Pictures and overview of the Wren Computer (Thorn EMI were the manufacturers)
Wren Executive at the Computer-Archiv
Pictures and overview of the Wren Computer (Thorn EMI were the manufacturers) ACT Sirius 1 User Group (UK)
The Sirius 1 User group established by Bruce Appleton. The best site for information on the Sirius. Victor Sirius I at the Old-Computers.Com Museum
Pictures and Overview of the Victor Sirius I ACT Apricot PC at the Old-Computers.Com Museum
Pictures and Overview Sinclair QL at the Old-Computers.Com Museum
Pictures and Overview Wang PC350-16s
The Wang PC280 was one of the first IBM clones. I programmed the first demonstration of the concept at a large Automotive manufacturer. Planet Sinclair
History of Clive Sinclair's developments and one of the first microprocessor single-board computers - and one of the first I built. Apollo Domain OS and Archive
One of the best sites for information on the Apollo - one of the best UNIX workstations. R. T. Russell
Richard wrote BBC Basic for the Wren Executive - one of the best BASIC's! Tim Berners-Lee
Tim was one of the pioneers of the World Wide Web. IBM RS6000
I worked on the RS6000 range over a five year period. | 
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