Voortgezet Programmeren: het ontwerpen van datastructuren en algoritmen; 1985; Academic Service; Den Haag; ISBN 90 6233 236 6

Programmeren: het ontwerpen van algoritmen - met Pascal; 1984; Academic Service; Den Haag; ISBN 90-6233-138-6

The advent of the Algorithm; 2000; Hartcourt Inc, 6277 Sea Harbor dr, Orlando, Florida 32887-6777, USA; ISBN 0-15-601391-6

An most boring book, written in Victorian say Rococco style: many fringes and elaborate wording. Seeing through that it is an in depth narrative on how the Algorithm came about and who influenced the becoming of the Algorithm.

Weaving the Web, 1999 Orion Business Books, Orion House, 5 Upper st Martin's Lane London WC2H 8EA, UK, ISBN 0 75282 0980 7; 244pp hard cover

The first few chapters are a narration on how the WWW came into being, the last chapters are a rather boring "gospel" on Berners-Lee ideas and philosophy and attempts to secure his ideas via various organizations. But certainly a book of historical value without doubt.

De geschiedenis van de PC; October 1994 (Dutch); Wittebrem 40, 3068TM Rotterdam, Netherlands, Private publication;

Kunstmatige Intelligentie, verwachtingen en werkelijkheid; 1984; InterEditions; Paris; ISBN 90-6789-050-2; translated from L'intelligence artificielle

Software pioneers. Contributions to Software Engineering, sd&m conference 2001; Springer Verlag Berlin 2002; ISBN 3-540-43081-4; 738pp

The book is based on the conference proceedings in which software pioneers presented their assessment of their past adventures in software development; with the book are 4 DVD's which gives a verbose impression of the conference. The book is enhanced with many historical papers and some additional material provided by the pioneers themselves.
The DVD's contain a full video of the speeches of the pioneers but the publisher did not anticipate on the possibilities of what DVD's could do in the sense of multi media. The recordings are quite static and the videowall in the conference room showing their slideshows is hardly in the picture at all.

Technieken voor Systeemontwerp en Beschrijving; 1989; CAP Gemini Publishing/ Pandata bv; Rijswijk; ISBN 90-71996-18-2

SDM Samenvatting van de system development methodology; 1988; Pandata; Rijswijk; ISBN 90 71996 07 7

A history of modern computing; 1998-2000; MIT press, Cambridge, Massachusetts USA, ISBN 0-262-53169-0

A very good narration of computing history of the period 1945 - 1995. Once you get used to Ceruzzi's style it reads like a novel. But this is not a book for novices in the field. Cerruzi assumes a reasonable basic knowledge of computing and its machinations.

Read this book in combination with Ifrah's book: "the universal history of computing" the two complement each other perfectly.

Testframe, een praktische handleiding bij het testen van informatiesystemen; 1999; Ten Hagen & Stam Uitgevers; Den Haag; ISBN 90 76304 67 X (A practical guide for testing information systems)

A tutorial on how to test software in particular, and in a wider perspective (information)systems

Moderne Computers en hun toepassingen: deel 1 software/ programmeren/ gegevensbestanden/ applicaties; 1972; N.V. Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken; Eindhoven; ISBN 90 267 0356 2

Moderne Computers en Hun toepassingen: deel 2 hardware/ operating support/ programming support/ data support; 1972; NV Philips Gloeilampenfabrieken; Eindhoven; ISBN 90 267 0389 9

A bibliographic guide to the history of computing,computers, and the information processing industry. 1990; Ref QA76.17.C67x 1990

This bibliography is an excellent place to begin searching for materials on specific aspects of the history of computer science. It lists books, pamphlets, magazine articles and journal articles on various topics in the history of computer science.

Knopen, kaarten en chips, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, Voorburg, 1991, private publication

History of automation at the Cencus Buro in the Netherlands, a private publication

A passion for technology: Techtalk Anthology, Gibson Research Corporation, Aliso Viejo, Ca. USA,

1987-90; ISBN 1-880814-86-2; 25pp + cumulative index
1987; ISBN 1-880814-87-0; 52pp
1988; ISBN 1-880814-88-9; 55pp
1989; ISBN 1-880814-89-7; 55pp
1990; ISBN 1-880814-90-0; 52pp

A collection of articles published by Steve Gibson in InfoWorld magazine. Explaining how things work, what's why and how. Very crisp no nonsense articles in none technical language aimed at the general reader in computing; with lots of illustrations.

Hacktic 2 2 / 1989
Hacktic 3 3 / 1989
Hacktic 4 4 / 1989
Hacktic 7 7 / 1989
Hacktic 8 8 / 1990
Hacktic 9/10 9-10 / 1990
Hacktic 11/12 11-12 / 1990
Hacktic 13 13 / 1989
Hacktic 14/15 14-15 / 1991
Hacktic 16/17 16-17 / 1992
Hacktic 18/19 18-19 / 1992
Hacktic 20/21 20-21 / 1993
Hacktic 22/23 22-23 / 1993
Hacktic 24/25 24-25 / 1994

An irregularly periodical of the Dutch Hackers movement; giving all possible tips and tricks to hack the Dutch telephone system. Ironically their organization was bought after they went legal by the same company they tried to hack: KPN

Innovatie, Innovatieve processen en ideeën op het gebied van automatisering manifesteren zich in de moderne samenleving; Amsterdam july 1986; IBM Nederland NV, Johan Huizingalaan 265, 1066AP Amsterdam, ref no: G 514-5691;pp 224 (Dutch)

Innovation and innovative processes and ideas in the field of automation manifest themselves in the modern society.

Automatiseringsgids (CD); 1994 - 1996

Publication on CD from the weekly magazine, language is Dutch.

History of computing: software issues; International conference on the history of computing, ICHC 2000, Heinz Nixdorf Museumsforum, Paderborn, germany; Springer Verlag Berlin 2002; ISBN 3-540-42664-7;pp283

The book is based on the proceedings of the conference held in 2000; it deals with software issues in terms of Science, Engineering, Dependable artifacts, Labor processes and Economic activities in historical perspectives. The editors have enhanced the proceedings with this book by careful editing of the papers presented.

Mapping the History of Computing - Software Issues, conference proceedings, 2000; Heinz Nixdorf Forum, Paderborn

Museumsfuhrer; 1997; Heinz Nixdorf Forum, Paderborn; ISBN 3-9805757-0-5

Museum Guide; 1999;Heinz Nixdorf Forum, Paderborn; ISBN 3-9805757-1-3

Biography on Alan Turing, apart from Turings life and wanderings also a very detailed account of Turing's dealings with the various electronic computers he dealt with during and after world war II

Minipas: Een eerste stap in de programmeerwereld: 1. De programmeertaal; 1987; Academic Service; Schoonhoven; ISBN 90 6233 247 1

Minipas: Een eerste stap in de programmeerwereld: 2. Venster op de omgeving; 1988; Academic Service; Schoonhoven; ISBN 90-6233-277-3

Minipas, a first step in the world of programming

The universal history of computing; 2001; John Wiley & sons, Inc, 605 3rd av, New York, NY 10158-0012; info@wiley.com; ISBN 0-471-44147-3

translated by: Harding, E.F.; Wood, S; Monk, I; Clegg, E; Waldman., G.

Original title: "Histoire universelle des chiffres", 1981, 1994, editions Robert Laffont S.A. Paris, France

This book starts with the early history of how numbers came into existance and how the modern numercal systems migrated over the world, a bit dreary but need to know if you want to understand the development of computing at all. The book then continues with a description of early calculators ending with computers like the EDVAC. The contents in this book closely joins to the books normaly written on this subject and looks with an a-typical perspective towards computers and their makers. Ifrah keeps strictly to his definition of computing and analitcial automata and only writes about a computer if the machine is a true computer and not an advanced analytical engine.
Though it is a pitty that the translators were not able to translate this aspect of Ifrah's book in full, partly due to the limitations of English, as they state. And dear translators: "Pays Bas" does not mean lower countries but just: "the Netherlands" or as it is otherwise known: "Holland". ;=)

It is recommended that you read this book and "the History of modern computing" of Paul E. Ceruzzi, you will then have a fairly complete picture of the history of computing.

Modula - 2 ( computer program language); 1985; Edward J. Joyce; ISBN 0-201-11587-5

60,000 uur; 1998; Querido, Amsterdam, NL; ISBN 90-214-7261 9/ NUGI 300; 114pp

An autobiographic novelle on his quest of 60,000 hours to find a way to map a complex information system for NAM (national gas company in the Netherlands)

Kunstmatige Intelligentie op uw computer; 1981; John Krutch; ISBN 90 201 1771 8; translated from: Experiments in Artificial Intelligence for small computers

The Pegassus Story, a history of a vintage British Computer; London 2000; Science Museum; Exhibition Road, London SW7 2DD, UK; ISBN 1 900747 40 5; 58pp

A very detailed narration of the production and the Pegassus installations placed in context with other contemporary computers.

De geschiedenis van rekentuig en rekenkunde; 1987;
Grepen uit de geschiedenis van de automatisering; Kluwer bedrijfswetenschappen, Deventer; 1e druk; 1992; 151pp; ISBN 90-267-1716-4 (Dutch)

History of calculators and arithmetic, Dutch

Virus!, Contemporary books, Chicago; 1989; ISBN 0809244373

While this book is now seriously showing its age, it contains a large amount of information about the development of virus technology.

For anybody interested in learning on the origin's of viri then this is a good starting point

Schematechnieken voor systeemanalisten en programmeurs, een basis voor automatisering; 1987; Prentice Hall; Englewood Cliffs, NJ; ISBN 90-6233-578-0;

translated from: Recommended diagramming standards for analysts and programmers: a basis for automation

History of the internet, A Chronology, 1843 to the present (1999); ABC-CLIO, Inc., 130 Cremona Drive, P.O.Box 1911, Santa Barbera, California, 93116-1911, USA; ISBN 1-57607-192-8

Chronological narrative of the origins of the Internet, many examples of other milestones are given

Bouw zelf een expertsysteem in BASIC; 1983; Sigma Technical Press; Wilmslow; ISBN 90-6233-167-X;

translated from: artificial intelligence for the aspering microcomputer

De opkomst van de informatie technologie in Nederland (The rise of information technology in the Netherlands);pp208; Stichting Historie der Techniek; Eindhoven, Netherlands; 1998; ISBN 90-73192-21-8

A narrative on the successes of Dutch designed computers that where in use at various government institutions.

Informatieindustrie in de jaren tachtig; Kluwer BV; 1980; ISBN 90 267 0743 6

The Information industry during the 1980's in the Netherlands

Leerboek MG.2: Systemen en toepassingen; 1988; Academic Service; Schoonhoven; ISBN 90 6233 352 4;

Oefenboek MG.2: Systemen en toepassingen; 1989; Academic Service; Schoonhoven; ISBN 90 6233 473 3

Systems and their applications, course books informatics

Van telraam tot Microcomputer; Armand Haye, Amsterdam; 1984; ISBN 90-6834-005-0

From counting board to microcomputer, Dutch, general history on computing

Micro-elektronica: Spil van een industriele revolutie?; 1979; N.V. Philip's Gloeilampenfabrieken

Velo Handheld PC; 1997; Philips electronics

Ken's pages: http://www.islandnet.com/~kpolsson/comphist/

An almost yearly electronically published research-paper / compilation on the history of computers, mainly micro's. Main sources used by Ken Polsson are BYTE, INFOWORLD, PC MAGAZINE, PC WORLD, RUN, and PC COMPUTING. Paper is setup in year and month format; meticulous source annotations

Encyclopedia of Computer Science, 1976;pp 1522; Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, USA; ISBN 0-442-80321-4

A general encyclopedia of the 1970's state of the art.

Het microcomputer handboek; 1983; Dorling Kindersley Limited; London; ISBN 90 201 1756 4;

translated from: The personal computer handbook

Techniek in Nederland in de twintigste eeuw (Technology in the Netherlands in the twentieth century); Stichting History der Techniek; Eindhoven, the Netherlands; Walburg Press; ISBN 90-5730-036-2

An elaborate history on developments in general technology and automation in the Netherlands.

Computer in de negentiger jaren; translated from: Towards fifth- generation computers; The National Computing Centre, Manchester, England; 1983; ISBN 90-6233-136-X

Basiscursus Delphi; 1995; Academic Sevice; Schoonhoven; ISBN 90 395 0250 1

Basiscursus Delphi 2; 1996; Academic Sevice; Schoonhoven; ISBN 90 395 0526 8

Understanding Computers, Time Life Series, Roberta Conlan series director, 1985, 4th revised ed 1986, Alexandria, Verginia; ISBN 0 8094 5654 0, 14 Vols.

Office of the future, a continuing project of both private companies and government to stimulate research and innovation

MODULA-2, Academic Service, Den Haag, 1986; ISBN 90-6233-212-9;pp 390 (Dutch)

The programming language Modula-2 developed by Niclaus Wirth

Die Entwicklungs Geschichte des Computers; 1982; VDE-VERLAG GmbH Berlin und Offenbach Bismarckstrasse 33, D1000 Berlin 12; ISBN 3 8007 1267 9;

The History of computers, German

Lessen, de autobiografie van de vader van de tekstverwerker; 1987; Het Spectrum BV; ISBN 90 274 1844 6;

translated from: Lessons, an autobiography

Gestructureerde Analyse; 1989; Prentice Hall; London; ISBN 90 6233 559 4;

translated from: Modern Structured analys's