Ask HN: What are some great posts or articles about history of computing?

I found this post about ARPA Net a few months ago and finally had time to read it. Anyone have other great reads or know of books on computing technology?

I think knowing the history of how we got to where we are helps to understand ot more.

Link: https://technicshistory.wordpress.com/2019/05/08/arpanet-par...

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This isn't one post, but it was on HN a while back:

http://computer-history.info/

I guess you already have seen this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_computing

Here some other interesting books and articles:

https://www.amazon.com/Eniac-Triumphs-Tragedies-Worlds-Compu...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Zuse

https://computerhistory.org/timelines/

This is a lovely 30-minute read on the history of the C programming language, written by Dennis Ritchie (dmr), one of its authors.

https://www.bell-labs.com/usr/dmr/www/chist.html

Here's a comment I wrote about it elsewhere:

https://lobste.rs/s/hba9nn/development_c_language_1993#c_hw6...

One other essay that comes to mind is the 1945 piece by Vannevar Bush, "As We May Think", that lays out the vision for a "Memex", or memory extension device, in the direction of what PCs and smartphones eventually became.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1945/07/as-we-m...

I think it's nice to reflect on a time, not too long ago, where these devices were a mere figment of a scientist's imagination, only to materialize decades in the future. What can you dream up today?