Get a real computer!

Typical hacker response to news that somebody is having

trouble getting work done on a system that (a) is

single-tasking, (b) has no hard disk, or (c) has an address

space smaller than 16 megabytes. This is as of mid-1993; note

that the threshold for "real computer" rises with time, and it

may well be (for example) that machines with character-only

displays will be generally considered "unreal" in a few years

(GLS points out that they already are in some circles). See

{bitty box} and {toy}.

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