24 Jul
2015
24 Jul
'15
6:12 p.m.
On 07/24/2015 04:20 PM, Mark Linimon wrote:
On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 04:53:01PM -0600, Eric Smith
wrote:
Ever watch any old reruns of "Wonder
Woman". Lots of blinkin' lights;
no computer. Or you could watch old "The Outer Limits" episodes where
clicking of relays and beeps and boops seems to accompany real computers.
Or you could just get a floor-standing vacuum-column tape drive and spin
the reels back and forth...
--Chuck
It's not a real computer unless it has a real
front panel with
switches and blinkenlights.