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Here's the entry for 14 March 1978:

> Came in evening after sleeping most of day, to get computer at better time.

> Some day we will have personal computers and will live more normally.

Yes I suffered this too. In the 1980's it was all about terminal time. My undergrad college had thousands of terminals for 20,000 students - easy to get time. Grad school had 200 terminals for 20,000 students, with an elaborate electronic signup scheme and rationing. And that was Stanford! In Silicon Valley itself! I was vastly disappointed.

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