[Worldbuilding] Divergent, retro and other 'not of this world' Computers and Software

[Peter Knutsen]

Originally Posted by johndallman

The "turn the power supply off so the machine is not operating" sense, either because "we are not using it overnight" or for a drastic reset.

Okay, thanks. I just wasn't sure if it was that, or if it was when electric current was sent into each individual tube.

So my scheme with urgent real-time replacement of micro-tubes isn't legit? (Not that that matters a lot - in my space opera setting, sentient computers usually insist that people speak Latin to them, instead of normal languages like Anglish, because "Latin is a precise langauge with a simple and structured grammar." I've been told that's not legit, but I'm inclined to go with it anyway.)