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... took about an hour to find and replace . Then , too , the tubes consumed immense quantities of power ( the lights of West Philadelphia dimmed , it was said , whenever the EN- IAC was turned on ) and generated enormous amounts of heat ...
... took about an hour to find and replace . Then , too , the tubes consumed immense quantities of power ( the lights of West Philadelphia dimmed , it was said , whenever the EN- IAC was turned on ) and generated enormous amounts of heat ...
Page 93
... took only a couple of years , however , for programmers to realize that a market might be in the making , and that the software firms were ignoring it . One by one , new companies con- cerned only with personal - computer programs began ...
... took only a couple of years , however , for programmers to realize that a market might be in the making , and that the software firms were ignoring it . One by one , new companies con- cerned only with personal - computer programs began ...
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... took several decades to reach more than half of America's households . Household electrification , of course , was costly . But telephones , after the first fifteen years or so , were not . And families that had electric power were slow ...
... took several decades to reach more than half of America's households . Household electrification , of course , was costly . But telephones , after the first fifteen years or so , were not . And families that had electric power were slow ...
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