It had a keyboard, a printer that served for all output, and even a means of input and storage, a paper tape reader and punch. It was time for a beer, to show the wife, to cheer. For a brief time, and the last time for quite a while, home computers were unified in simplicity. It printed and accepted lines in "teletype mode", which is to say a line at a time, resembling a typewriter.

Afterwards, the actor slunk out through the log-flap again and restacked all the wood.