Re: Now we're hopelessly off-topic...

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From: Rebecca and Rowland
Date: Sun, 31 May 1998 00:00

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Bruce Horrocks <bh@granby.demon.co.uk> wrote:

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> Also the Manchester Mark I needs an earthquake of at least 4.2 on the Richter
> Scale to induce "RAM pack wobble".

:-))

(but to be nit-picky: anything with that many valves in sockets is
probably as susceptible as a ZX81 to wobbles.  It just takes a bit more
force to shake the whole Manchester Mark 1 as violently as a ZX81 you've
just knocked with your elbow; individual parts are a different matter.)

Rowland.

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From: rebecca@astrid.u-net.com (Rebecca and Rowland)
Subject: Re: Now we're hopelessly off-topic...
Date: 1998/05/31
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