T171/T181

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For the official course description go to the Open University Course description page for T171.

Module 1 - Your computer: the story of the PC.

History Of The Microcomputer Revolution - Section 8 - CP/M, section 9 - Apple, section 10 - The killer App.
What is CP/M
The History of the MS-DOS Operating Systems
MS-DOS - Commands, explanations and more.
Win 3X - As with the previous MS-DOS link, the same site and just as useful.
Apple Homepage
Apple History
http://www.woz.org/ - Steve Wozniak Apple founder home page.
Apple founder Steve Jobs
Making the Macintosh: Technology and Culture in Silicon Valley
Cringely's web site including a timeline on the history of the computer and many questions and answers, which give even more insight than the book, Accidental Empires.

Module 2 - The net: where it came from, how it works .

Timeline A year by year history of the Internet.
Behind the Net - The untold history of the ARPANET.
ARPANET Maps
TCP/IP - What is TCP/IP?
Collection of TCP/IP links from Webopedia.
Internet Pioneers A short history of the Internet and links to profiles of many of the pioneers - Vannevar Bush, J.C.K. Licklider, Paul Baran...
NCSA Mosaic Timeline - There seems to be no mention of Marc Andressens role in the development of Mosiac on this page?
Marc Andreesen and Mosaic
The Internet Traffic Report Monitors the flow of data around the world.
The Request for Comments (RFC's) Search the RFC collection

Module 3 - Understanding e-business. Also T181

Blown to Bits website.
Internet Economist
e-gateway an e-commerce awareness project initiated and funded by the European Commission.