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Das blinkenlights are back thanks to RPi revival of the PDP-11

Charlie van Becelaere

Re: How noisy are the cooling fans?

"Much like math or engineering students no longer learn the ‘basic’ skill of using a slide rule - because there’s just no point any more."

No point? Hardly.

Keep in mind that batteries die, power grids go down, but slide rules need neither.

Mine got me through a Physics exam when my HP-45 batteries died back in my undergrad days.

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