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A complete walkthrough finding and actually reading the original source code behind major moments in computing history — Netscape's original browser, early Unix, and other codebases released or leaked into the historical record.
A complete walkthrough using patent filings and formal standards documents as primary sources for tracing who actually built what first — the same kind of evidence that settled the ENIAC/ABC dispute in court.
A complete walkthrough preparing for and navigating a real or virtual visit to a computing history museum — what to look for, which institutions maintain the strongest collections, and how to use their digital archives remotely.
A complete, practical checklist for verifying a tech history claim you're about to repeat — because a surprising number of widely-believed stories in this space turn out to be embellished, misattributed, or simply wrong.
A complete walkthrough moving from a secondhand claim you've read somewhere to an actual verified fact — court records, SEC filings, contemporaneous news archives, and original announcements, not just another blog post.
A complete walkthrough of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine — finding old captures of a specific site, comparing how a page changed over time, and using it as a genuine primary source rather than just a curiosity.