Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Tue, 24 Dec 2024, rbowman wrote:

On Tue, 24 Dec 2024 15:15:39 +0100, D wrote:
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It is very strange. With all the internet at your fingertips, how can
you not go down rabbit holes? If you really want to take it above and
beyond,
there's plenty of free academic papers about every conceivable (and
inconceivable) area.

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I was always good at finding rabbit holes but it used to take visits to
multiple libraries as well as hunting down and buying obscure books. I'm
in hog heaven with the internet.
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Same here! I remember when I was young, sometimes I'd go to the library after school to find books on various subjects which interested me. I had a period when I was reading a lot of japanese buddhist books. I also had a time when I was reading a lot of magic books.
I still remember going to the library desk asking the woman behind the counter which section I should go to, or the TUI terminals where I could search and find the right section my self.
In a small annex to the main library in Stockholm, they used to have a small computer history museum with about 10 old mini computers. I always wondered what happened with those. I don't think this small mini museum still exists and I do pray the machines were not thrown away, but perhaps exist in a storage area somewhere!