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Re:The telegraph was the Victorian internet by LeoPanthera on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @11:23PM (#14457768)
I'm sure I'm preaching to the choir here on HN but if you haven't read Terry Pratchett's "Going Postal", I highly recommend it.
Re:The telegraph was the Victorian internet by mboto on Thursday June 01, 2017 @05:58AM (#14459053)
There is a follow up board game too called Clacks, that's a lot of fun [1].

It's the detail that makes it even going down to the terminology of using jacquard cards [2].

1. https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/140279/clacks-discworld-...

2. http://www.computerhistory.org/storageengine/punched-cards-c...