http://www.historyofinformation.com/expanded.php?id=1108
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/05/steve-crocker
http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/edn-moments/4399541/ARPANET-establishes-1st-computer-to-computer-link--October-29--1969
The Person_of_Interest_TV_series provides a fascinating depiction of a special supercomputer.
http://personofinterest.wikia.com/wiki/The_Machine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tianhe-I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_(supercomputer)
Its quite fascinating to see the various emerging patterns.
http://patternsofsynchronicty.blogspot.ca/2013/10/october-29.html