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From magnetic tape and rare film to lab notebooks and business plans to early mainframes and source code, our collection is as diverse as the history of computing. It is a rich resource for everyone, comprising historical objects, documents, software titles, ephemera, and photographs and moving images.
Note: CHM's online catalog has been updated through January 23rd, 2025. A new and improved catalog will be launched in Summer 2025.
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Catalog contains over 151,130 records.
System 360/91 lamps
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Physical object, Circa 1968
102656766
Manuals 1
Document, 1976-1993
102794343
Miscellaneous Kermit diskettes
Software, 1982-1994
102794379
C-Kermit and MS-DOS Kermit Assembler Source Code
Software, undated
102794358
Miscellaneous original Kermit diskettes
Software, 1984-1988
102794377
Kermit oral history panel
Computer History Museum
Document, 2012-04-06
102746411
Type 11 Electric Keypunch
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Physical object, Circa 1928
102657666
Terminal manuals 1
Ann Arbor Terminals, Inc.; International Business Machines Corporation (IBM); Digital Equipment Corporation; Selanar Corporation; Applied Digital Data Systems, Inc. (ADDS); Hazeltine Corporation; Human designed systems, inc.; Wyse Technology, Inc.; Perkin-Elmer; Stratus Computer, Inc.; Infoton Incorporated; Honeywell Inc.; Zenith Data Systems; Data General Corporation; Heath Company; Tektronix, Inc.
Document, 1972-1990
102794367
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCIT) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) telecommunications standards relating to modems
International Telecommunication Union
Document, 1990-1997
102796796
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) blue books, vols. VII-VIII
International Telecommunication Union
Document, 1989
102796795
Manuals 2
Reston Publishing Company; O'Reilly & Associates, Inc.; Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC); Hewlett-Packard Company (HP); International Business Machines (IBM); Tektronix, Inc.; TeleVideo Systems, Inc.; Wyse Technology, Inc.; Data General Corporation; Human Designed Systems (HDS)
Document, 1977-1995
102794344
Character-set standards
American National Standards Institute, Inc.; International Organization for Standardization (ISO); European computer manufacturers association; Library of Congress
Document, 1979-1996
102796801
International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee (CCITT) blue books, vols. II-VI
International Telecommunication Union
Document, 1989
102796794
Modem manuals
Intertec Data Systems Corporation; Elsa; Conexant Systems Inc.; Racal-Milgo; Hayes Microcomputer Products, Inc.; Racal-Milgo Information Systems; Telebit Corporation; U.S. Robotics, Inc.; 3Com Corporation; The Complete PC, Inc.; AT&T Paradyne Corporation; Omnitec; Boca Research, Inc.; Practical Peripherals; MicroSystems Inc.
Document, 1977-2001
102794368
DA-Tech
DA-Tech
Still image, undated
102766080
MCP 1287m13 DA-Tape
Software, 1958-10-03
102663575
Hypertext
Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corporation (MCC)
Document, 1972; 1983-1989
102737151
Altair 8800 88-AD/DA converter documentation
Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems (MITS)
Document, 1977
102665610
Santa Cruz Operation
Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
Document, 1987-1994
102748470
Doupnik, Joe oral history
Computer History Museum
Moving image, 2012-07-13
102746460