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Too right - it has all been downhill since the days of the ASR-33: (10 characters per
second providing keyboard, printer, paper tape reader and paper tape punch) plus real exercise for the fingers (well two fingers...).
The rot set in with the KSR-33 (but that did at lease receive the first email message - see
this fine photo)
If you want something which looks cool you should look into getting something a little more space age!. Sadly now only available in second hand form...
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Try this simple test:
1.Put on ipod mini
2.turn on music
3.run for > 30 mins (assuming you are fit enough)
4 tell me then that the ipod don't skip
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He didn't seem to mention where the new Xeon processor 'Whitefield' is being developed in his rant... See The Register's story for the rumours...
You could also help out with the evaluation of climate models "Climate change, and our response to it, are issues of global importance, affecting food production, water resources, ecosystems, energy demand, insurance costs and much else. There is a broad scientific consensus that the Earth is likely to warm over the coming century, but estimates of how much vary hugely. By taking part in the climateprediction.net experiment you can help to improve scientific forecasts of 21st century climate."
see how to turn brown stuff green
Too right - it has all been downhill since the days of the ASR-33: (10 characters per second providing keyboard, printer, paper tape reader and paper tape punch) plus real exercise for the fingers (well two fingers...). The rot set in with the KSR-33 (but that did at lease receive the first email message - see this fine photo)
If you want something which looks cool you should look into getting something a little more space age!. Sadly now only available in second hand form...
Just for the record a reference to the namecheck for this article in the UK Independent newspaper.
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