Text 2
Title: Illiac 4
Class: F220
Semester/ Year: Spring 1982
Contributor: Mark Vonderschmitt
A computer named Illiac 4
Had a rather tough bug in its core.
It chewed up its cards,
And spewed yards and yards
Of illogical tape on the floor.
Context: Similarly to text piece one, the author of this piece remains anonymous, and it is almost identical to the song in terms of the information we can glean from it. This limerick was probably mainly used for entertainment and targeted adults. More specifically, the limerick was written for computer technicians because it mentions the Illiac 4 which was one of the very first computers ever built. The Illiac 4 was manufactured in 1974, so this poem was written between 1974 and 1982. The fact that the poem mentions the Illiac 4 by name is a testament to the fact that it was probably also written by computer technician.