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Offline Gregg

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« on: June 21, 2008, 07:50:10 PM »
wink.gif here's a photo

You really had to not have any qualms about working inside your computer!
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Ya gotta applaud those bunnies for sacrificing their hearing just so some guy in Cupertino can have better TV reception.

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« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2008, 01:09:09 AM »
Do you mean that you don't recognize me in the labcoat?  It was an especially dusty lab and I had to try to stay clean!   whistling.gif
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« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2008, 01:12:28 AM »
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« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2008, 05:06:01 AM »
The Ferranti Mk1 mentioned in Gregg's link is the one featured in this thread. So it only took them three years to get music....

Wonder how many of those engineers, researchers and scientists are still around and using iPods!
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