Eric S. Raymond personal blog
A Story About ‘Magic' (1994)
Some years ago, I (GLS) was snooping around in the cabinets that housed the MIT AI Lab's PDP-10, and noticed a little switch glued to the frame of one cabinet. It was obviously a homebrew job, added by one of the lab's hardware hackers (no one knows who).
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| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 2015 | A Story About ‘Magic' (1994) by ColinWright | 232 | 60 |
| Aug 9, 2022 | A Story About ‘Magic' (1983) by thunderbong | 86 | 35 |
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