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This is the Computer History Wiki, a knowledge base about historic computers which anyone can edit. Currently, we've got [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] articles!
 
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<big> [[:Category:Computers|Systems]] • [[:Category:Peripherals|Peripherals]] • [[:Category:Software|Software]] • [[:Category:Computer Manufacturers|Manufacturers]] • [[:Category:Operating Systems|Operating Systems]] • [[:Category:Network Protocols|Networking]] • [[:Category:Tutorials|Tutorials]] • [[Help:Contents|Help]]</big>
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<big> [[:Category:Computers|Systems]] • [[:Category:Peripherals|Peripherals]] • [[:Category:Software|Software]] • [[:Category:Computer Manufacturers|Manufacturers]] • [[:Category:Operating Systems|Operating Systems]] • [[:Category:Network Protocols|Networking]] • [[:Category:Tutorials|Tutorials]] • [[Other Resources]]</big>
  
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For an introduction to MediaWiki syntax and Computer History Wiki conventions, please see [[Help:Contents|Help]].
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==Introduction by the Administrators==
  
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This wiki is an experiment to create a means for knowledgeable people to enter their information into some kind of a knowledge base.  This is however, not the relatively formalized tone and style imposed by Wikipedia. Sentences starting with "I seem to recall" are perfectly welcome here - and articles do '''not''' have to be in the descriptive, encyclopedic style Wikipedia enforces. On the contrary, it is ''preferred'' that many of the articles be references, guides, helpful hints, suggestions, [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials]] and so on.
 
This wiki is an experiment to create a means for knowledgeable people to enter their information into some kind of a knowledge base.  This is however, not the relatively formalized tone and style imposed by Wikipedia. Sentences starting with "I seem to recall" are perfectly welcome here - and articles do '''not''' have to be in the descriptive, encyclopedic style Wikipedia enforces. On the contrary, it is ''preferred'' that many of the articles be references, guides, helpful hints, suggestions, [[:Category:Tutorials|tutorials]] and so on.
  
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This English wiki stems from frustration [[User:Toresbe|Tore Sinding Bekkedal]] experienced with adding information to the [http://www.nodaf.no Norwegian Computer History Society wiki] when he realized that his content would only be accessible to those who understood Norwegian.
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If you have any information you want to contribute to this wiki, '''please, contribute it'''.  We'd much rather remove or modify a dozen potentially unsuited submissions than miss out on a single good one.  We hope this wiki grows into a useful resource for everyone interested in classic computing, no matter what their level of knowledge may be; it is meant to be all-encompassing.  -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] & [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 16:11, 16 May 2007 (PDT)
  
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We hope this wiki grows into a useful resource for everyone interested in classic computing, no matter what their level of knowedge may be.  We realize that there are more specific wikis for [[Commodore 64|Commodore]] and Amiga and so on, but this is a general wiki for everything related to historical computing; it is meant to be all encompassing.
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The current URL is temporary as this is an experiment to see if people will actually make edits and find it useful. If it "catches on" as we suspect it will, [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] will of course register a domain with an appropriate name.  The threshold for "catches on" is quite low - as a worst case scenario, this becomes a one-user Content Management System -- [[User:Toresbe|Tore]] & [[User:Lucky|Lucky]] 16:11, 16 May 2007 (PDT)
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Revision as of 04:24, 29 December 2010

Welcome to the Computer History Wiki!

This is the Computer History Wiki, a knowledge base about historic computers which anyone can edit. Currently, we've got 2,529 articles!

Systems • Peripherals • Software • Manufacturers • Operating Systems • Networking • Tutorials • Other Resources

For an introduction to MediaWiki syntax and Computer History Wiki conventions, please see Help.

Introduction by the Administrators

This wiki is an experiment to create a means for knowledgeable people to enter their information into some kind of a knowledge base. This is however, not the relatively formalized tone and style imposed by Wikipedia. Sentences starting with "I seem to recall" are perfectly welcome here - and articles do not have to be in the descriptive, encyclopedic style Wikipedia enforces. On the contrary, it is preferred that many of the articles be references, guides, helpful hints, suggestions, tutorials and so on.

If you have any information you want to contribute to this wiki, please, contribute it. We'd much rather remove or modify a dozen potentially unsuited submissions than miss out on a single good one. We hope this wiki grows into a useful resource for everyone interested in classic computing, no matter what their level of knowledge may be; it is meant to be all-encompassing. -- Tore & Lucky 16:11, 16 May 2007 (PDT)

News

  • Vertical text - There are now two templates to produce vertical text (for example, in table entries): {{VerticalTextUp|Text to go up}} and {{VerticalTextDown|Text to go down}}. In tables, you may have to use 'rowspan="N" |' attributes on those entries to create long vertical boxes for them to go in.

Older news is here.


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