Template talk:History of computing
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Reorganising
[edit]What about revamping this template a bit? Maybe into sections like Hardware, Sciences, Networking etc.? The current state is a total mix of computing topics...--Kozuch (talk) 21:59, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
Video Games
[edit]Video games are an application of computers, not part of the history of computing. The reference should be deleted. If you want important applications -- start with digital communications and digital image processing. tooold (talk) 19:51, 5 March 2009 (UTC)
Hardware Articles.
[edit]I Made 2 new red links in the hardware sections. Dividing the history between pre-computers and The Boom of the late 30s and 40s, of machine that are more recognizable as Modern Computers. I thinks it's apropriate. Maybe 1936 would make a better break-point with the publishing of Turing's paper. Its only fault is not being round.
Preaviously there was one link for pre-50s that linked to the general Hardware History article.
I replaced the text to just say "Hardware", like was done in the software section.--Nngnna (talk) 08:46, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
"Hardware before 1960" removed
[edit]It linked to Timeline of computing hardware before 1950, which 1) is a timeline article, not a history article such as History of computing hardware (1960s–present), linked to by "Hardware 1960s to present" and 2) only goes to 1949, not 1959.
If there's to be a link in the "Hardware" section for pre-1960s computing hardware, it should be to a page that 1) covers history to 1959 and 2) ideally is more than just a timeline.
See Talk:History of computing § Inaccuracies. Guy Harris (talk) 08:58, 20 December 2024 (UTC)