Some fun photos from Large Scale Systems Museum near Pittsburgh!
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DEC disk pacs (and some magnetic tapes) everywhere.
Some very good on/off switches…
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Some very good on/off switches…
…and some very good regular switches, too.
(I liked the whole hierarchy of toggles in that last photo.)
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…and some very good regular switches, too.
(I liked the whole hierarchy of toggles in that last photo.)
Although the FILE UNSAFE… switch? light maybe? was unexpected.
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Although the FILE UNSAFE… switch? light maybe? was unexpected.
A strange way to put an LED inside a button.
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A strange way to put an LED inside a button.
On the other hand, this is a cool way to choose a font.
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On the other hand, this is a cool way to choose a font.
This Dasher line famously inspired Severance set design…
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This Dasher line famously inspired Severance set design…
…but I have never seen a screen-less printer-terminal like this one!
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…but I have never seen a screen-less printer-terminal like this one!
@mwichary oh what a gorgeous device
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…but I have never seen a screen-less printer-terminal like this one!
Speaking of, some more nice keyboards.
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Speaking of, some more nice keyboards.
Loved this guarded (and hyphenated) RESTART key.
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Loved this guarded (and hyphenated) RESTART key.
Which one is more scary: a Mac keyboard pretending to be a Space Cadet, or a Kaypro keyboard with an extremely intense overlay?
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Which one is more scary: a Mac keyboard pretending to be a Space Cadet, or a Kaypro keyboard with an extremely intense overlay?
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…but I have never seen a screen-less printer-terminal like this one!
@mwichary that DG dasher colourway is beautiful
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…but I have never seen a screen-less printer-terminal like this one!
@mwichary Hah, I have an old model 33 teletype in the garage, and fond memories of war dialing them when I was a kid
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Which one is more scary: a Mac keyboard pretending to be a Space Cadet, or a Kaypro keyboard with an extremely intense overlay?
Kaypro! My first computer. But I never had a cheat sheet like that. Ah, the good old days.
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…but I have never seen a screen-less printer-terminal like this one!
@mwichary I need those keycaps!
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I miss the old terminal proofreading-inspired icons for INSERT and DELETE.
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I miss the old terminal proofreading-inspired icons for INSERT and DELETE.
Here: symbols for inverse video, blinking, underlining, and… something?
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Here: symbols for inverse video, blinking, underlining, and… something?
This is a rare space-saving variant of the famous DEC keyboard that established the inverse T arrow key standard.
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This is a rare space-saving variant of the famous DEC keyboard that established the inverse T arrow key standard.
All the classic colors of CRTs: amber, white, green, and burn-in.
