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April 22, 2007

What 50 Cents At A Book Sale Got Me

"Devices such as thin films, cryotron, parametron, twistors, and tunnel diodes are just a few [storage devices] which will be used in the computer of the future."

Fundamentals of Digital Computers by Weinstein and Keim, 1965

Incidentally, the book also came with a punch card labeled "Star Trek" hidden inside it.

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you don't wanna know what 50 cents in the red light district got me

Posted by: Ian at April 23, 2007 4:56 PM

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