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MineralMan

(146,318 posts)
Wed Mar 8, 2017, 03:40 PM Mar 2017

In personal computing terms, Trump has a 4-bit CPU chip

in his brain. He can chew gum and walk at the same time, so it can't be a 2-bit processor, and it sure as hell isn't even on the 8-bit level. And then we have President Obama, who is equipped with a dual-core 64-bit CPU.

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In personal computing terms, Trump has a 4-bit CPU chip (Original Post) MineralMan Mar 2017 OP
But he's only operating @ 1.3Ghz, with installed 1GB memory HipChick Mar 2017 #1
I'm thinking more like a Sinclair 16K MineralMan Mar 2017 #8
Hey. I'm old enough to remember... dchill Mar 2017 #10
I bought one at a garage sale a few years later for $5. MineralMan Mar 2017 #13
Super cool! dchill Mar 2017 #16
Great analogy Phoenix61 Mar 2017 #2
Commodore 64? guillaumeb Mar 2017 #4
:thumbsup: Orrex Mar 2017 #6
I think Trumpler is more "Nightshift" era. dchill Mar 2017 #11
Nah, he's not even a VIC-20 (n/t) PJMcK Mar 2017 #12
I agree. I owned both of those - and taught programming on the C-64. Ms. Toad Mar 2017 #14
If only the Trump computer had spell check. eom guillaumeb Mar 2017 #3
if only it had a self-destruct button we could access. KittyWampus Mar 2017 #9
But he's a two-bit asshole. Orrex Mar 2017 #5
whatever he's got, there's certainly a short circuit in there. unblock Mar 2017 #7
And no error correction. DavidDvorkin Mar 2017 #15

MineralMan

(146,318 posts)
13. I bought one at a garage sale a few years later for $5.
Wed Mar 8, 2017, 04:10 PM
Mar 2017

I hooked it up to an old TV I had and kept it in my office. I wrote a little text editor program for it and would fire it up if someone asked. I actually had several early PCs in my office, all set up and ready to demonstrate how much change there had been. From a KayPro portable and a Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 100 to the very first Macintosh model. Each had a piece of software that showed what using it would have been like. I actually had a copy of Intuit's Quicken 1.0 for the Mac. Funny stuff. It was a big office, so I had a little computer museum in there for fun. Remember the Gorilla Banana Printer? I had one hooked up to the KayPro. I had a price cap on that stuff, though. I never spend more than $15 for anything, and it had to be in working condition.

dchill

(38,510 posts)
16. Super cool!
Wed Mar 8, 2017, 04:28 PM
Mar 2017

And yes, I remember the Gorilla Banana. I learned machine and assembly languages on my Commodore 64. Then I got an Amiga 1000, and all my programming was in Basic after that.

Ms. Toad

(34,076 posts)
14. I agree. I owned both of those - and taught programming on the C-64.
Wed Mar 8, 2017, 04:17 PM
Mar 2017

The VIC-20 definitely outsmarts him. Even without any rudimentary AI functionality.

unblock

(52,267 posts)
7. whatever he's got, there's certainly a short circuit in there.
Wed Mar 8, 2017, 03:46 PM
Mar 2017

i have noted before, on the software side, he seems to be a weak programmer's attempt at human interaction.

his programming is very simple. he has a few limited responses to stimuli, which only appear to be more varied due to a sizable database of mocking nicknames and insults.

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