And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The PDP-1 was a very advanced computer, although not a mainframe. The Nerds at MIT wrote "Spacewar" on it. I remember playing the commercial version in about '77 at a video arcade. (Remember those?)
What the hell is this stuff? Looks like props from the dystopian movie "Brazil".
ReplyDeleteNeed my pocket protector and my skinny black tie… tidy up my flattop as well.
ReplyDeleteDigital Equipment PDP-1 (Program Data Processor), circa 1960.
ReplyDeleteThe PDP-1 was a very advanced computer, although not a mainframe. The Nerds at MIT wrote "Spacewar" on it. I remember playing the commercial version in about '77 at a video arcade. (Remember those?)
ReplyDeleteThe PDP-1 is just a little bit before my time, but I'm still using the steel desk chair :)
ReplyDeleteAnd you can smoke at your work station while on the clock
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