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From: grx1042@uoft02.utoledo.edu (Steve Snodgrass)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Optronics & optical computers
Message-ID: <19.25e972d8@uoft02.utoledo.edu>
Date: 26 Feb 90 23:17:59 GMT
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I'd like to get a few opinions or a discussion going on this: What does
everyone think about the possibility of optronics or optical computers?  Is
this feasible; does it make sense?  It kind of puts you in a whole different
realm, since photons are uncharged. 

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