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== [[Real Life]] ==
== [[Real Life]] ==
* The very earliest [[Personal Computer]]s, including the groundbreaking [[w:Altair 8800|Altair 8800]], had no keyboard or monitor (or any way of connecting either). Programs were entered in raw binary via switches on the computer's front panel -- and their output was returned via a row of blinkenlights, also on the front panel.



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[[Category:Reality Is Unrealistic]]
[[Category:Reality Is Unrealistic]]
[[Category:Truth in Television]]
[[Category:Truth in Television]]
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[[Category:Technology Tropes]]