I remember a website of computing history but can't find it

[alank2]

It was essentially a month by month play by play of everything that happened in the computing industry, it had a huge amount of detail indicating how many of the companies fought against each other, sued each other, won, lost, products added, discontinues, etc. It was massive and detailed - maybe someone knows what I'm thinking about?

 

[tradde]

Never heard of it myself. But sounds interesting.

 

[alank2]

I'll keep searching, if I find it I'll post it.

 

[krebizfan]

I think I remember one that was paired with a historical podcast but I can't find it.

Historical Memory Prices 1957+

Disk Drive Prices 1955+

Flash Memory and SSD Prices

are handy references.

 

[syzygy]

Perhaps, this is the one?

https://www.old-computers.com/history/timeline.asp

 

[Mr.Amiga500]

You mean like this?

http://kpolsson.com/comphist/comp1969.htm

 

[alank2]

>You mean like this?
>http://kpolsson.com/comphist/comp1969.htm


YES - that looks like it!!!

 

[Mr.Amiga500]

>You mean like this?
>http://kpolsson.com/comphist/comp1969.htm


YES - that looks like it!!!

I saved the original pages of that site over 20 years ago. The ones I have (stored on my Amiga 500 drive) have a date of 1998.

The link has changed, but thankfully the author put a redirect link. Ken Polsson has done a nice job to collect this information over the years.

 

[1944GPW]

You mean like this?

http://kpolsson.com/comphist/comp1969.htm

I'm a bit dubious about that page showing IBM's SCAMP development being in 1969.
That's 8 years too late for IBM SCAMP #1 (TROS pathfinder, Hursley UK 1961) and four years too early for IBM SCAMP #2 (Portable machine, Atlanta USA 1973).

 

[stepleton]

(SCAMP #2 was demoed in Atlanta but developed in Palo Alto. To my understanding as well, 1969 is too early.)

 

[krebizfan]

The source is listed as Computer Wars - The Fall of IBM and the Future of Global Technology which I remember as a poorly researched book. Big Blues also lists the portable SCAMP as a late 60s design. Strangely, both have that information on page 22. I think the authors were conflating the stories of the canceled SCAMP III mainframe with the APL machine of the 70s to exaggerate the slow pace of IBM development.