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THE BEGINNING OF THE MAGAZINE, WHERE ARTICLES ARE SMALLTHOMAS MCDONALDTHE LIST
The 9 Most Powerful
THE LIST
The 9 Most Powerful
THE LIST
Computers of All Time
7
Powerful
enough to
impregnate
Julie Christie!^6Powerful enough
to almost initiate
a global thermo-
nuclear war!8
WABAC
Machine
Powerful enough
for the BBC!
9HOLLY
PROTEUS WOPR
4
DEEP BLUE
Powerful enough to make
us actually watch (part of)
a chess match!5
ROADRUNNER
Powerful enough for your
government!3
HAL
Powerful enough to make
us sit through an inscrutable
movie we still don’t
understand!2
MASTER CONTROL
PROGRAM
Powerful enough to inspire
a sequel 26 years after Jeff
Bridges originally escaped
from it!
Powerful enough to power the ship
that powered the show that powers
a million geeks!M5 MULTITRONIC
SYSTEM