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		yarg on Oct 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 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 on Oct 5, 2024 [–]

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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