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		euroderf on Aug 6, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Byte Magazine: LISP (1979) And good riddance to serial ports and parallel printer ports. USB saved approx. fifty bazillion man-hours of hassle.

ConceptJunkie on Aug 6, 2022 [–]

But cost about forty bazillion man-hours from people inserting the cables the wrong way.

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