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nclib

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15. I worked at Data General around the time this book was written.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Mar 26, 2026, 03:13 AM

22 hrs ago

I worked in quality control in North Carolina from about 1980 to 1990.
Was recently thinking about how much computers have changed since then.
From refrigerator and washing machine size machines to handheld now.
I never read the book and would really like to now.

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