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Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced techie is indistinguishable from magic

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Re: even before PFY

"On the other hand, the earlier CPUs would have made damn good ovens with a little processing on the side."

The 1st generation DEUCE mainframe used thermionic valves/tubes. It was said that on a cold winter's morning people would stand inside the cabinet to get warm.

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