Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine: The World's First Computer 🖥️

As early as the 1840s, the Englishman Charles Babbage designed a machine that already had almost all the key elements of today's computer systems. He was incredible 100 years ahead of his time.

Unfortunately, the analytical engine has remained an intellectual construct to this day and could never be built.

In this film, the history of this theoretical machine is illuminated and then its operation is described in detail. Finally, the ambitious "Plan 28" is reported, where our English colleagues try to create the Analytical Engine according to the records of Charles Babbage until its 200th birthday.

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00:19 Historic Introduction
01:29 The Analytical Engine
03:15 High-level Design
05:29 Comparison with today’s computers
07:39 Low-level Design
09:25 Example program
12:24 Additional information
13:27 Plan 28

Extended version of the movie:

- VCFB 2020: https://media.ccc.de/v/vcfb20_-_135_-_de_-_202010101400_-_charles_babbages_analytical_engine_-_michael_holzheu_-_dr_stefan_stein

Recommended playlists:

- Computer simply explained: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJypwS0fbmEbAbW0CFfi9Kd0XOF89TE_L
- Computer Museums: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJypwS0fbmEaEehalAbzVH1NWrPW97xyr

Links:

- Analytical Engine Emulator: https://www.fourmilab.ch/babbage/aem
- Charles Babbage‘s Analytical Engine: Emulator: https://youtu.be/Hj8tMBfL01k
- Plan 28 Blog: http://blog.plan28.org
- Website of Sydney Padua: http://sydneypadua.com

Music used:

- Foam Rubber (Alexander Nakarada): https://filmmusic.io/song/4783-foam-rubber
- Fig Leaf Times Two (Kevin MacLeod): https://filmmusic.io/song/3751-fig-leaf-times-two
- Roast beef of old England (The U.S. Marine Corps Band): https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary

Changelog:

- 2020/03/06 First version