Some fun photos from Large Scale Systems Museum near Pittsburgh!
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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.
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All the classic colors of CRTs: amber, white, green, and burn-in.
(Hey computer, read the room.)


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(Hey computer, read the room.)


For blue, you have to go with IBM blue.
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For blue, you have to go with IBM blue.
If you looked carefully, you might have spotted this Y2K readiness sticker on the last photo.

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If you looked carefully, you might have spotted this Y2K readiness sticker on the last photo.

Fun tape changing instructions on the device itself.
