Douglas AdamsFirst we thought the PC was a calculator. Then we found out how to turn numbers into letters with ASCII – and we thought it was a typewriter. Then we discovered graphics, and we thought it was a television. With the World Wide Web, we've realized it's a brochure.
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The most interesting thing about the PC is that it has so many different forms. It is a calculator, a typewriter, a television, and a brochure. The PC has transformed and changed so many times and we still don't know what it's going to be.
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