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'Dad's nutty about computers.' What evidence is there to support this statement?
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Dad got a Pentium 150 Mhz processor, with 256 of RAM, a 1.2 Gb hard disk drive and 16 speed CD ROM, complete with speakers, printer, modem and scanner. It could do anything. Paint, play bmusic, create displays; even when authors homework was rubbish, it looked fantastic.
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