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by 4gotunameagain 1294 days ago
> The SIGSALY terminal was massive, consisting of 40 racks of equipment. It weighed over 50 tons, and used about 30 kW of power, necessitating an air-conditioned room to hold it. Too big and cumbersome for general use, it was only used for the highest level of voice communications.

And now I can whip something similar in one afternoon, and run it on my phone. Nuts.