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    Episode 114 - The LGP-30: A Forgotten Machine

    Advent of Computing · Aug 15, 2023 · 1 h 06 min
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    In 1956 Librascope released the LGP-30, a truly wild machine. It was, for the time, the most simple and cheap machine that could actually be useful. It was the size of a desk when contemporary machines took up small rooms. It plugged into a normal wall outlet while other machines requires special power feeds. It was, perhaps, the first hint of a personal computer. And at its heart was a magnetic…

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