Cards? Luxury! I Was At The Smithy 18 Hours A Day Forging Gears For My Analytical Engine, Ada Working Her Fingers To The Bone Assembling Them On Shafts.

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"Cards? Luxury! I was at the smithy 18 hours a day forging gears for my
analytical engine, Ada working her fingers to the bone assembling them
on shafts. I used to dream of the day when I would finally get it all
put together so that I could finally play 'Wumpus'."
-- Babbage

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