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A tale of mainframes and students being too clever by far

ICL1900-G3

Re: Bah! - ICL!

If it had been and ICL computer, there would have been no problem. The 1900 had a hardware datum and a limit register and any attempt to go off piste would result in program termination, no matter which OS you were using. The 2900s were much more secure.

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