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[Wolf]

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...for the Sigma 6 computer



Blue monoliths stand

      vast

         quiet

   White sterile emptiness

Harsh nova light

      Silence

         Chrome

            Time

                    © T. GhostWolf Davidson, May 17, 1973

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Footnote: Back in 1973, I worked the graveyard shift, running a Xerox Sigma 6 computer. All of the hardware was comprised of very large 6-foot tall by 4 foot deep by 4 foot wide chrome-trimmed blue cabinets.The floors, walls, and ceiling were solid white; all lit by banks on banks of florescent lights imbedded behind frosted panes of glass.

The only time there was any noise at all was when a tape drive accessed a tape, or something had to be printed.

It was just me, the machines, the light - and nothing else. One becomes all too aware of the passage of time in that kind of environment - one night, when I was really noticing how alien it was, I wrote down what I saw and felt; the poem above.

Wolf

[SilverEyes]

This piece really does express the alien-ness of the computer. We certainly have come a long way since then. Interesting write.

[bloodredtears]

white sterile emptyness...that's a wonderful line...makes me feel so very alone..great job!

[John Barnett]

Great, you're such an interesting individual Ghost Wolf.