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On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 11:06:28 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    For me, well, CPUs run on Magic Smoke for all intents.
> 
>    I've seen some arcane ancient scrolls that supposedly explain the
>    magic, but I can't translate them.

Before writing a line of FORTRAN IV we spent some time examining the 
anatomy of the System 360. It wasn't down to the transistor level but we 
understood what core was when it was real core. Way before VLSI the blocks 
and interconnections were easier to define. They were easier to see, also, 
considering the early disk drives resembled washing machines.