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in 1980, later called "its strongest asset". Having sold around 10,000 systems worldwide, in the sports world it was known as the supplier for the computer hardware and software for "12 of the 28 teams in the
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track. A floppy contained up to 1,898 128-character records.
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830:Categories
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448:References
184:Data Entry
394:Mohawk's
260:Series 21
258:Mohawk's
252:Mohawk's
201:and also
131:Successor
750:Archived
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422:MOBOLIST
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207:MDS 2400
188:Keypunch
79:Founders
52:Computer
49:Industry
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155:History
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341:index
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