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Matchbook with matches that was advertising a mail order course for Computer Programming! The front of the matchbook read,
Programmers were notorious smokers...well, to be fair, almost half the adult population smoked cigarettes in the 1970's (about 42%).1 So it wouldn't be surprising to see an ashtray and book of matches next to most computers of that time. In fact, the famous "Sage Weapons Director" which was used to locate and, hopefully, intercept missile attacks, had a built in ashtray and lighter right next to the screen.
1https://www.nytimes.com/1976/06/16/archives/percentage-of-adults-smoking-cigarettes-declining.html
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