The browser opens a window onto the Web
Links, pages and the personal computer’s encounter with shared information.
PC.GR / ARCHIVE
Author: wqwez
Databases: from card drawers to questions
How structured records made the PC a tool for finding relationships.
Scanners: from paper to screen
The peripheral that brought printed pictures and documents into the PC.
Digital photography: the family album meets the PC
How photographs became files to organise, edit and share.
The keyboard: history beneath our fingertips
Layouts, mechanisms and command keys reveal the evolution of a familiar computer tool.
From serial ports to USB: the story of a connection
PC connectors reveal the effort to make different devices work together more easily.
Linux and software communities: the PC as a place to collaborate
Shared development offered another way to build, study and distribute software.
Accessibility: personal computing for different people
Alternative input and output methods reveal an essential part of computing history.