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excerpt: "Another report has come insaying ZX81s are still being used to manufacture dedicated industrial controllers. This time is is a Swiss firm adding an LCD display and I/O interface to the “door stop.\""
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# Bits & Pieces

Another report has come insaying ZX81s are still being used to manufacture dedicated industrial controllers. This time is is a Swiss firm adding an LCD display and I/O interface to the “door stop.”