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On 12/9/24 8:25 PM, rbowman wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Dec 2024 13:58:47 -0800, John Ames wrote:
> 
>> Any chance of this conversation returning to anything even *slightly*
>> more relevant to *nix, computers in general, or, like, *anything* else?
>> Maybe I should dig up some old Francis E. Dec rant for a more coherent/
>> relevant refresher course...
> 
> Feel free to start a thread.


   Ummmmm ... I just TRIED with the "Bit-Slice" topic.
   Jumped IMMEDIATELY back to 'non-OS/Computer stuff'  :-)

   Was HOPING for discussion/insight into 'alternative'
   schemes for 'CPU's and such derived from older solutions.

   Houston, we have a problem .............