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Pff, you're using one of those newfangled CRTs? I use a mechanical teletype that makes my computing sound like hammering nails.
mechanical teletype? Pfff. Grow up and learn to read your blinkenlights already. Heck, while you're at it, here are 16 switches and three buttons. That should be more than enough for anything ever.