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Re:The DooM-chip: no CPU, no opcodes, no instruction counter by spiritplumber on Saturday May 09, 2020 @05:49PM (#23128578)
“Over the centuries, mankind has tried many ways of combating the forces of evil... prayer, fasting, good works and so on. Up until Doom, no one seemed to have thought about the double-barrel shotgun. Eat leaden death, demon...”

― Terry Pratchett

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Re:The DooM-chip: no CPU, no opcodes, no instruction counter by alfiedotwtf on Saturday May 09, 2020 @06:54PM (#23128915)
Lol!

For the lazy, I just looked this up, and it does seem to be a real quote :)

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