My favorite part of Jed's article: "Part way through the run of Asteroids, we used up the world's supply of 7497s [binary rate multiplier chips] and Texas Inst

My favorite part of Jed's article: "Part way through the run of Asteroids, we used up the world's supply of 7497s [binary rate multiplier chips] and Texas Instruments (the only manufacturer of 7497s) did not have them on their schedule to make more for several months"