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Tuesday, September 13 12:00 AM EDT

Signs You've Got an Old Computer

11. It has blinking lights on it (that's actual lights, not LEDs).
10. The default spell check dictionary is Olde English.
9. The noise insulation is asbestos.
8. It's too slow for the latest version of Nethack.
7. The memory is hand soldered onto the motherboard.
6. Eighty-column lines of text wrap to three lines.
5. Not even your parents want it.
4. The Smithsonian keeps calling to see if you'll donate it.
3. Green or amber are your only choices in monitors.
2. The CPU speed is measured in fractions of MHz.
1. It's made by Commodore Business Machines.


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