I'm responsible for several popular websites, including:
Frank da Cruz
fdc@columbia.edu
31 January 2019
Languages: 59 (see above) Pages with translations: 44 (see below) Total translations: 302
Last updated: Wed May 24 16:27:52 2023
Each site has pages that have been translated into one or more languages other than English (sometimes more than 30, such as this one and this one). Note: The language and page counts shown above reflect all the translations that were made, and do not account for links that have subsequently gone bad. If you encounter a translation link that doesn't work, please notify me.
Note: Each translation link pointed to a valid translation at the time it was submitted. But over time, links can expire, disappear, or redirect to unrelated pages. For example, as of 27 March 2023 nine out of the 30 links to translations of the Kermit Project Home page have gone bad (one of them was subsequently fixed). I made a new page, badlinks.html, to keep track of the expired links, but expanding this to all the other pages that have translations is a big job and will take time. The statistics at the top of this page refer to the original translations.
If you would like to translate a page to a new language, send me email at the address above. Guidelines: § Check the page you want to translate to make sure it hasn't already been translated into the same language. § Translations should be done by a competent speaker of the given language, not Google Translate. § The translated document should be in standard HTML (not Microsoft Word or other proprietary format). § The link to the translated document should arrive at it directly, without any intermedediate steps such as signing in to Google or Facebook. § If the original page contains references (to books or other websites), these do not need to be translated. § It's OK to request linking to a commercial site, but please: no phishing or other hostile sites, no porn, no aggressive popups, etc. § There is no charge for installing the links and credits, and no money can be paid by me for the translations. § Your translated page should link back to the original page. § Your translated page should announce its language in the <lang=xx> attribute, where xx is the ISO 6391-1 language code (see list). § You should supply the following information about your translation so I can link to it:
If you want to translate a page but you don't have anywhere to host the translation, I'll be glad to host it myself.
Pages that have been translated as of the "updated" date above are shown in the table below. Click each link to see the languages each page has been translated to so far. Click a language name at the top to see which pages have been translated into that language. In the table, entries with green backgrounds have translations; if you click on the link in the first column, you'll see language buttons at the top of the page. Entries in italics with yellow backgrounds are popular pages that have no translations yet.
kermitproject.org/: The Kermit Communications Software Project | ||
Page and link | Title | Topic |
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index.html | Kermit Project home page | Overview and links to individual pages |
kermit.html | About Kermit | The Kermit Project, sofware, and protocol. |
ftpclient.html | Kermit's scriptable FTP client | For Unix, Windows, and other platforms |
ek.html | Embedded Kermit | Kermit software for embedding |
sshclient.html | Kermit 95 for Windows | K95's SSH Client |
usingckermit.html | Using C-Kermit Second Edition | About the C-Kermit book |
terminals.html | What's a Terminal? | What terminal emulators emulate |
case08.html | C-Kermit 7.0 Case Study 8 | Kermit and Unicode |
case09.html | C-Kermit 7.0 Case Study 9 | Printing from C-Kermit |
ussr/index.html | USSR Kermit Conference | International Kermit conference in Moscow 1989 |
columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/: The History of Computing at Columbia University | ||
Page and link | Title | Topic |
Herman Hollerith (also see Punched-card equipment below) | ||
hollerith profile.html | Herman Hollerith | The father of modern automated computing |
hh/index.html | An Electric Tabulating System | Hollerith's Columbia PhD Dissertation (1890 Census) |
ppunch1919.html | Hollerith Pantographic card punch | The first card punch (1890 census) |
IBM Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory at Columbia University 1945-1970 | ||
watsonlab.html | Watson Laboratory | Brief overview of Watson Laboratory |
krawitz.html | Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory | 1949 article by Eleanor Krawitz |
Wallace Eckert | ||
eckert.html | Wallace Eckert | Pioneer in automated scientific computation |
switch.html | Eckert's switch box | The first automated scientific calculations 1934 |
navalobservatory.html | Wallace Eckert in WWII | Eckert's time at the US Naval Observatory |
almanac.html | Naval Observatory Almanacs | Automating the WWII Air and Nautical Almanacs |
tableprinter.html | Table printer | The first "computer typesetting" 1945 |
Other Watson Lab personalities | ||
backus.html | John Backus | Pioneer in computer programming languages |
grosch.html | Herb Grosch | Computer pioneer and commentator |
course.html | Eric Hankam's 3-Week Course on Computing | Pioneering open-enrollment computer course 1947-1957 |
jones.html | Rebecca Jones | Eckert's Star Measuring Machine |
Early computers | ||
eniac.html | ENIAC (1946) | How ENIAC was programmed mainly by women |
ssec.html | IBM SSEC (1948) | Massive computer built at Watson Lab |
cpc.html | IBM Card Programmed Calculator (1949) | IBM's first card-programmed commercial offering |
norc.html | IBM NORC (1954) | The first supercomputer, built at Watson Lab |
610.html | IBM 610 Auto-Point (1954) | The first personal computer, also built at Watson Lab |
650.html | IBM 650 MDC (1954) | The first mass-produced computer |
Punched-card equipment | ||
tabulator.html | Tabulators (Accounting Machines) | Precursors to modern computers |
1890tabulator.html | Hollerith's 1890 Census tabulator | The first tabulator |
cards.html | IBM punch cards | The version used starting in 1928 |
sorters.html | Card sorters | To put decks of punched cards in any desired order |
firstpunch.html | The first card punch | Pantographic card punch - 1890 and 1900 censuses |
oldpunch.html | Old card punches | 1890-1934 |
026.html | IBM 026 key punch | Introduced in 1949 |
029.html | IBM 029 key punch | Introduced in 1964 |
interpreters.html | IBM Card Interpreters | To print interpretation of punched codes on card |
reproducers.html | IBM Summary punches | To extract selected information from a deck of cards |
405.html | IBM Tabulator (1934) | Introduced in 1934, served in World War II |
packard.html | The Columbia Difference Calculator (1931) | Custom-made by IBM for Columbia |
407.html | The IBM 407 (1949) | IBM's last tabulator |
collators.html | IBM Collators | To merge decks of punched cards |
Other... | ||
teletype.html | Teletype | The first electronic printing communicator |
ibmradiotype.html | IBM Radiotype | Short-wave typewriter and its role in World War II |
pupin.html | Pupin Hall | Where the Manhattan Project started |
simon.html | Simon | "The Smallest Mechanical Brain in Existence" (1950) |
7090.html | IBM 7090/7094 coupled system | Columbia's main computer 1963-68 |
36091.html | IBM 360/75/91 coupled system | Columbia's main computer 1968-1980 |
1403.html | IBM 1403 line printer | Biggest fastest high-volume printer of its time |
chain.html | IBM 1403 print train | Novel print mechanism of the 1403 |
dec20.html | The DECSYSTEM-20 | Columbia's central academic computers 1977-88 |
pclab.html | Columbia's first PC lab | Engineering Terrace 1986 |
portable.html | IBM Portable PC 1984 (30 pounds!) | Required equipment for all Business School students |
kermitproject.org/newdeal/: The New Deal in New York City | ||
Page and link | Title | Topic |
index.html | NYC New Deal Home Page | Links to NYC New Deal galleries and research |
overview.html | NYC New Deal overview | FDR's New Deal and what it did in New York City |
newnewdeal.html | Now or Never: a NEW New Deal | How to save the USA from self-destruction in 2021 |
Columbia University 1968 student uprising | ||
Page and link | Title | Topic |
index.html | Columbia University 1968 | The anti-war anti-racism student uprising, April 1968 |