[Verso 1]
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I went to buy computers, and they said a million bucks
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For a brand new mainframe IBM, now that price really sucks
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So I looked at all the pictures, and I chose to build my own
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For you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home
[Refrão]
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Oh, IBM, DEC, and Honeywell; HP, DG and Wang
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Amdahl, NEC, and NCR, they don't know anything
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They make big bucks for systems, so they never want it known
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That you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home
[Verso 2]
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Now, take the CPU, you see it's only just a box
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With blinking lights and whirring fans and lots of cable slots
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So I spent an evening working with some wire and bulbs and pins
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Then I hauled it to the basement and I plugged the freezer in
[Refrão]
C
Oh, IBM, DEC, and Honeywell; HP, DG and Wang
F C G
Amdahl, NEC, and NCR, they don't know anything
C F
They make big bucks for systems, so they never want it known
C G F C
That you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home
[Verso 3]
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Well, next I needed tape drives, my tape drives were a steal
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I climbed into the attic for my dad's old reel-to-reel
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Some cable and some binder twine, and soon it was complete:
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My CPU and tape drive at a price no one can beat
[Refrão]
C
Oh, IBM, DEC, and Honeywell; HP, DG and Wang
F C G
Amdahl, NEC, and NCR, they don't know anything
C F
They make big bucks for systems, so they never want it known
C G F C
That you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home
[Verso 4]
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So then I looked for disk drives, but it didn't take me long
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Function follows form, they say, or have I got that wrong?
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I found a drive with five new modes that blows the rest away:
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Cottons, linens, wash and wear, rinse, and lingerie!
[Refrão]
C
Oh, IBM, DEC, and Honeywell; HP, DG and Wang
F C G
Amdahl, NEC, and NCR, they don't know anything
C F
They make big bucks for systems, so they never want it known
C G F C
That you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home
[Verso 5]
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Well, I had to have a console just to make my system run
F C G
Without a fancy console then my system wasn't done
C
So, I tied a ten-buck typer to a broken TV tube
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And now I've got a console that can write the evening news
[Refrão]
C
Oh, IBM, DEC, and Honeywell; HP, DG and Wang
F C G
Amdahl, NEC, and NCR, they don't know anything
C F
They make big bucks for systems, so they never want it known
C G F C
That you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home
[Verso 6]
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I've had my system running - I'll admit it's not the best
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The data isn't right, and the response time is a mess
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It crashes every hour, and it isn't worth a damn
F C G F C
But I'm satisfied because it runs just like an IBM!
[Refrão]
C
Oh, IBM, DEC, and Honeywell; HP, DG and Wang
F C G
Amdahl, NEC, and NCR, they don't know anything
C F
They make big bucks for systems, so they never want it known
C G F C
That you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home
F C G F C
That you can build a mainframe from the things you find at home
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