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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 12:00:23 +0000
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On 16/12/2024 04:34, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
> PRE-1800s they also over-built ... but relied too much
>    on gravity to hold structures together. Most of those
>    old castles are now piles of rubble. ROMAN stuff - those
>    tended to be rather good engineering and materials and
>    a surprising amount - not destroyed intentionally -
>    still survives.

People nicked building materials from those old castles once they fell 
out of use.
The monasteries were deliberately destroyed.

Many old building survive more or less intact where they have been left 
alone


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