I would say that not everyone goes back to the Ferranti Mk1, some of us only used the FM1600E, Ferranti Argus 700 and M700!
It's not a personal insult to have people consider all possibilities because most people are not as computer literate as you or I (having never touched a Ferranti machine) and even we sometimes miss the obvious thing.
What is clear is that none of us, computer literate as we are, know exactly what is happening even though I used to make computer chips for the Ferranti M700 and even programmed (briefly) the first European 16-bit microprocessor the F100-L.
I tend not to mention this stuff because it often fails to impress, but since you mentioned it..
..normal service is now resumed..
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