MaximumPC 2008 11

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THE BEGINNING OF THE MAGAZINE, WHERE ARTICLES ARE SMALL

THOMAS MCDONALD

THE LIST


The 9 Most Powerful


THE LIST


The 9 Most Powerful


THE LIST


Computers of All Time


7


Powerful
enough to
impregnate
Julie Christie!^6

Powerful enough
to almost initiate
a global thermo-
nuclear war!

8


WABAC


Machine


Powerful enough
for the BBC!
9

HOLLY


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


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