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The two Holiday Boys were working on a new computer design, one which would be able to create an unlimited amount of ram, unleashing to an awestruck world a new kind of Super Computer that just might change how the world perceived computers, perhaps in the process forcing the world to see how these electronic devices could be used to control important programs other than for business management and stock portfolio analyses, which frankly the Boys didn't really understand – but also could be used for beneficial programs such as Pong and Pac-Man, programs that gave a lot of joy to millions of teenagers across the United States Of America; in fact, at this very moment each Holiday Boy was envisioning benefits far greater than simply creating a three-dimensional paddle for a game, with Dick (ever the entrepreneur) thinking of various names for the company such as PineApple or Tangerine and thinking of new ways that computers could be programmed to turn lights on and off; while Sam, (always the practical Holiday Boy) was thinking of an itch he had near his groin at this very moment and wondering how a computer arm could be created to scratch that itch while he simultaneously talked to his girlfriend without her knowing that his groin itched - a very cumbersome act indeed when you’re a teenager of eighteen and you’re dating - but when the two boys stepped back to view the accumulated array of 74 Commodore computers linked together to form an unbroken link on the floor of their somewhat damp and moldy-smelling basement, with the hundreds of cables and RCA plugs haphazardly connecting the series of computers and cassette drives together, they realized they didn’t have enough electrical outlets to accommodate the 74 power cords.
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