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JULY, 1997
PC Museum
http://www.microtec.net/~dlessard/
GRADE LEVEL: Professionals
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CONTENT:
The site traces the history of the personal computer and includes a collection of some of the original types of
computers. The website also has a history of the internet.
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AESTHETICS:
The main page uses colors, animation and images which gives it a high-tech appearance. The subsequent pages are more straight-forward
with a lot of photos of old computers and pioneers of the computer industry.
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ORGANIZATION:
Each area of the website is listed on the navigational menu bar that appears down the left-side of the homepage. Each
section has a link back to the homepage.
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REVIEW:
This site is the project of a computer user that started playing games with an Atari 2600 computer in 1977 and has continually upgraded his own computers
to the present day. By doing so he has become interested in computers and computer science and has developed this site to present the history of the machine
and its components. The website has the chronology of major events in the history of microcomputers from 1926 - present day, a short history of the PC which
explains the contributions of Intel, Apple, Microsoft and others to the development of the current personal computer, a description of the Altair 8800 which was
the first commercially available personal micro-computer, some information on Bill Gates and a brief history of the Internet. The centerpiece of the site is the
collection of images of old computers that the author has in his possession. This would be a good place to start an introduction to the Internet class or lesson
plan. It would provide great background information on the computers students are using but would also give them hands-on experience using the Internet.
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