Important Software History Documents: A Sampling
Explore a selection of important software history documents, from the collection of the Computer History Museum. For more about software history, and how it connects to our present and future visit https://computerhistory.org/
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The source code for Sketchpad, the breakthrough computer graphics program. (Two parts.) Catalog record: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102726903 For more on Sketchpad, visit https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/computer-graphics-music-and-art/15/209
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The earliest Unix source code, from the Dennis Ritchie papers at the Computer History Museum. Catalog record: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102785108 For more about this code, visit https://computerhistory.org/blog/the-earliest-unix-code-an-anniversary-source-code-release/
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Don Knuth’s tic-tac-toe source code from 1957, one of his earliest programs. Catalog record: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102784993 To watch Don Knuth discuss this and other early programs, watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9JOrmgHw28
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Apollo software pioneer Margaret Hamilton’s oral history. Catalog record: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102738243 For more about Margaret Hamilton, visit https://computerhistory.org/blog/margaret-hamilton-in-her-own-words/
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The source code behind the early Internet: BBN’s source code for the Arpanet IMPs. (13 parts.) Catalog record: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102774976 For more about the IMPs, see https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/networking/19/407
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