John Titor, who claimed to be a time traveler, supposedly came back from the year 2036 to obtain one because its compiler could help save computers from imploding due to the looming UNIX timeout error (which, like Y2K and the year 2000, will occur in 2038 if nothing is done to fix it).
oh thank you for that link! I've seen y'all mention tineye.
hmm what do you make of that? That computer is early 80s, don't you think?
The IBM 5100 was first introduced in 1975.
John Titor, who claimed to be a time traveler, supposedly came back from the year 2036 to obtain one because its compiler could help save computers from imploding due to the looming UNIX timeout error (which, like Y2K and the year 2000, will occur in 2038 if nothing is done to fix it).
https://www.strangerdimensions.com/2011/10/03/john-titor-the-ibm-5100/
That was a great read! Thank you! 🙂