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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TonyMontana83" data-source="post: 31397882" data-attributes="member: 580348">it is efficient, not miraculous. I'm not saying ENIAC is more efficient or better than a modern computer. But the engineering and thinking that went into building an electro mechanical machine that calculates and solves problems is something that needs to be admired. since the invention of the IC, it has been nothing but making the wheel more rounder. the difference between personal computers from the late 70s and ones of today is just the number of transistors they have in them. and since we're talking computers, let me add a bit of icing. mainframes and minicomputers like PDP-11 that are more half a century old are still used in various industries even today, because they reliably and efficiently perform the task the're assigned with. they're still used in critical applications like nuclear power plants and radio telescopes.</blockquote>

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