RAM: the forgotten history (2024)(blog.coredump.cx)
101 points by Luc | 5 comments
A Substack essay by lcamtuf arguing that modern computers owe more to the invention of electronically controlled working memory than to Charles Babbage.
#charles-babbage on Hacker News
2 stories tagged charles-babbage, newest first.
What did Ada Lovelace's program actually do? (2018)(twobithistory.org)
338 points by mitchbob | 116 comments
A Two-Bit History blog post from 2018 explaining what Ada Lovelace's Note G program for Babbage's Analytical Engine computed and how it worked.