Get A Real Computer!: Imp. Typical Hacker Response To News That Somebody Is Having Trouble Getting Work Done On A System That (a) Is Single-tasking

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:Get a real computer!: imp. Typical hacker response to news that
somebody is having trouble getting work done on a system that
(a) is single-tasking, (b) has no hard disk, or (c) has an address
space smaller than 16 megabytes. This is as of mid-1993; note that
the threshold for `real computer' rises with time, and it may
well be (for example) that machines with character-only displays
will be generally considered `unreal' in a few years (GLS points
out that they already are in some circles). See {bitty box} and
{toy}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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