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2014-08-09
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  I played my first game of OXO on Martin Campbell-Kelly's EDSAC Simulator. I figured out how to load the OXO tape, use a rotatry telephone dial to input numbers, and switch to the correct 'long tank' to display the visuals of the first known visual computer game on the cathode ray tube. I figured out how to play the game against the AI, and of course, the game was a draw. As it turns out, the only winning move is not to play.