9 Dec
2007
9 Dec
'07
12:55 p.m.
On Sunday 09 December 2007 15:48, Richard wrote:
In article <475C3DF7.7090105 at mainecoon.com>,
Chris Kennedy <chris at mainecoon.com> writes:
Horizontal Output Transistors would be my guess.
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Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and
ablest -- form of life in this section of space, ?a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. ?--Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James
M Dakin
Peter C. Wallace wrote:
HOTs? They were funny because they had (I think) core
memory, [...]
They did indeed. In an era of model 33s the boxy 2000 with the equally
boxy detached keyboard was Really Very Cool. I seem to recall that one
had to be careful about power cycling them too quickly as they'd eat
HOTs if you did.