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yarg
9 months ago
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How were 70s versions of games like Pong built wit...
Wouldn't it be closer to say that the game was the computer?
A very simplistic and non-general purpose computer, but a computer nonetheless?
alexey-salmin
9 months ago
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I believe this is correct, yes. It's not programmable but the term "programmable computer" exists because not all computers are programmable.
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A very simplistic and non-general purpose computer, but a computer nonetheless?