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  #210002 27-Apr-2009 22:28
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maybe mauricio is a faulty towers fan and was reminiscing about the episode where basil went (more) nuts with his german customers telling them they started the war by invading poland?




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  #210003 27-Apr-2009 22:29
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^ I know that episode, but there's nothing peculiar about Tony quoting that.. :S

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ddustin: 6502 (posts) - the CPU for the Commodore 64, Apple IIe and the Atari 2600


This is the answer I was looking for... Well done for spotting it!




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  #210204 28-Apr-2009 14:11
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freitasm:
ddustin: 6502 (posts) - the CPU for the Commodore 64, Apple IIe and the Atari 2600


This is the answer I was looking for... Well done for spotting it!




The 6502 was the first CPU I ever owned (probably the same for many here....)







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  #210205 28-Apr-2009 14:12
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.. If only the Sinclair ZX81 was that powerful!

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  #210235 28-Apr-2009 15:28
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ddustin: 6502 (posts) - the CPU for the Commodore 64, Apple IIe and the Atari 2600

1965 (friends) - Germany invaded Poland (again), which syncs with the quote...
(note: This is in Harry Turtledove's Colonization series)



Haha, all i can say is good on you, I would have never of guessed that!

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