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Subject: 1970
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plzgvhug 24.07.10 - 03:49pm
does anybody remember computing in 1970? It looks awesome! Lots of blinky lights, big chunky switches and a paper tape reader! * +

carta28 24.07.10 - 03:50pm
no i wasnt born till the eighties . * +

spartan2 24.07.10 - 04:03pm
apparently informed by someone much older than me took a school trip to see a 70's supercomputer and the professor at the university insisted that his room sized computer was as small a computer would possibly be. that computers in the future smaller, wouldnt really be computers lol * +

spartan2 24.07.10 - 04:04pm
shame that phones are ten times as pwoerful and can perform a hundred more operations nowadays lol * +

plzgvhug 24.07.10 - 04:12pm
part of the fun is the simplicity dont you think? * +

plzgvhug 24.07.10 - 04:28pm
im building a board to run John Conway's game of life. It can also play pong and duck shoot and quite a few other games from the 70's * +

spartan2 24.07.10 - 05:17pm
the simplicity of what plzgvhug? 70's supercomputers? they were horribly complex. most of them had dedicated refrigeration units because they ran up incredible heat from the enormous amounts of power they consumed. of course supercomputers are the same today. but a smartphone has more power than a 70's supercomputer, and uses one millionth of the power lol * +

askaspel 24.07.10 - 05:28pm
Question: iam older than you and I Cant remember 1970 so how can you?! I was 3 in 1970! Iam 43 and your 37 according to your profile * +

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