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I guess now we finally know why Babbage never finished building the Analytical Engine.

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[-] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

Old enough to remember Babbages video game store. I'd spend hours re-reading the descriptions on the back of every game box. Joy. Great share, thanks!

[-] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 8 points 6 days ago

Ah yes, I remember being in the store when Charles Babbage himself would brag about his high score in Asteroids. Or that time he gave me a copy of the Doom shareware on 3.5" floppy. /s

[-] DaMonsterKnees@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

Don't you mean 5 and a quarter pence?

[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 4 points 5 days ago
[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 days ago
[-] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 5 points 5 days ago

Before my time, I had no clue they even existed until this comment. Love learning new things.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 5 points 5 days ago

Congratulations on being one of today's lucky 10,000!

[-] Deconceptualist@leminal.space 2 points 5 days ago

True, but those were well out of style by the Doom era

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