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Electroon #3 - The 'Twenty Minute' computer

Electroon #3 - The 'Twenty Minute' computerWelcome to the third instalment of a new series - a look at the Electroon series of cartoons that graced Electronics Weekly for many years, starting with its very first issue back in September 1960.




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Three cartoons in and it is the first one that I 'get'!

An act of faith, indeed, sir. And the computer scientists are very well turned out in their lab coats! Leave your thoughts in the Comment box below.

This one is from issue number three, dated 21 September 1960.

Previous Electroons:

* Electroon #1 - "The power output's well up to standard"

* Electroon #2 - "In aeronautics, Britain leads the world"

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