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  • RAM: the forgotten history

    lcamtuf argues that electronically controlled working memory—not Babbage—was the real bottleneck unlocked on the path to modern computers, tracing early registers, delay lines, and RAM.

    Essay · Hardware · Engineering · Education · Research

    8 min · 1,775 words

  • Amiga Screens: A Primer

    One of the unwritten rules of the Internet seems to be that whenever something Amiga-related is mentioned, at least one Amiga fan myself included must show up and try to explain the concept of screens. Amiga screens can have different resolutions, we'll tell you, and one can drag them, we'll say, and other Amiga users rally in agreement, while non-Amiga users probably still don't get what's so great about screens. Until now, when this text has been written, in the hope of converting unsuspecting normies into full-blown Amiga screen lovers.

    Essay · Retrocomputing · Hardware · Programming · Graphics

    10 min · 2,400 words