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Election ‘Fraudits’ Proliferating. How to Stamp Them Out

by Grant Woods, NBC News • September 25, 2021

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Back in the 1980s, my university had sponsered a "computer show" for various vendors including IBM and Radio Shack. IBM had just announced the IBM PC, complete with dual low density floppy disks and standard 64K RAM, expandable to 640K. A very pretty blonde woman was operating the booth and was eager to answer my every question. Me: "How much memory does it come with?" Her: "Ummm, 64K." Me: "How much is an additional 64K memory?" Her: "Extra memory is free." Me: "Say what???" Her: "Extra memory is free." Me: "Is this the IBM booth?" Her: "I know it sounds funny. Here, let me show you." She showed me a line in a manual: "After booting, BASIC will print '64k free'."

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