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Old 7th May 2003, 04:53
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I think you're right about that Drapes, but IIRC the computer in the CM had 256 bytes (0.256 k) of 'core' i.e. the tiny magnetic doughnuts strung on wires, and the cpu was made of individual transistors and very crude chips. Amazing what they did with what they had, though!
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