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From: cctalk-bounces at
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classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 1:11 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: ENIAC ....
> Huh?
I thought it began on January 13, 11 CE :-)
I think that was a reference to
CHM's "Revolution: The First 2000
Years of
Computing" which opened on Jan 13 this year
:-)
> OK, I give up. What happened on the Ides of January in the year
764 AUC?[1]
Was that the date when they realized that persobnal computers would be
a very bad idea, and threw the Antikytheran device into the sea to get
rid of it? :-)