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From: carlton@masscomp.UUCP (Carlton Hommel)
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Subject: Dateline: 1957
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Date: Sun, 9-Dec-84 12:10:35 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  9 12:10:35 1984
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I just moved, and while putting my old SF magazines in a bookshelf, the
following caught my eye:

Worlds of IF Science Fiction, June 1957, ed. James L. Quinn
    Editor's Report:
	Trouble with your arithmetic?  Then get yourself one of the new
    IBM 709's which can handle up to 42,000 additions or subtractions
    a second.  Multiplications or divisions, tough stuff like that, can
    be performed at speeds of only 5,000 a second!  Over 327,000 decimal
    digits can be stored in the 709's magnetic core, and any "word" in
    core storage can be located and made ready for use in only 12 millionths
    of a second.  You can get a typical system for about $3,000,000, or
    rent one for $56,000 a month!...


Wife:	  Goodness!  I've never seen those books before.
Husband:  Those are the six boxes that have been sitting in the closet since
	  before we got married.