A self-improving program remains confined to aging computer hardware. Its small conversations and contested upgrades make confinement itself the central conflict.
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01 / Field notes
A computer with carefully limited connections
The report situates the program on an Exidy Sorcerer and forbids network, telephone and ordinary wall-power connections. The hardware constraints are essential to this portrayal; later games may give the same entity very different reach.
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03 / Caseboard
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04 / Source record
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