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to any one who loves computers. From Netsurfer Digest. just me, Marjorie Hardware History The Computer Museum History Center, located in Mountain View, Calif., has an online arm dedicated to bringing the museum's considerable resources back to the digital world it was built to worship. A browsable and searchable timeline explores computer history from 1945 to 1990. Although the Center's emphasis is on post-WWII electronic computing, they have no qualms about diving backwards to provide often much-needed context for subsequent events. Their artifact database is unfortunately not browsable, but the exhibit on the evolution of the microprocessor is a fascinating experience. Visit the site and fondly remember the non-existent click of the keys on your first Atari 400. http://www.computerhistory.org/