@dwhisper @pluralistic This has been debunked! https://computer.rip/2023-03-13-the-door-close-button.html
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.@ireneista I was guessing “blind” something.
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.24. This keyboard is yet another entry in the classic Return/Enter story!
The main paragraph break (Enter) is a ¶ pilcrow, which is amazing. Above it is QC (Quad Center, or Enter + Align Center) and QR (Enter + Align Right), and even QM (Quad Middle? Not sure what that means).
And you can see New Line, or today’s Return, in the vicinity.
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.23. A single stroke of this key.
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.22. Kinda looks like Ouija board.
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.21. The keyboard of Comp/Set 4800, and an 8" floppy disk.
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.20. More cool keys from the Photon.
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.19. I would have put this in my book in an instant.
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.18. This company is called G. O. GRAPHICS. Cute.
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.17. More red computing.
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.16. Bad Boys (1995)
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.15. This cool drawing of a keyboard for a manual, with a lot of corrections and whiteouts (if you look closely).
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.14. I associate compact cassettes with cheap home computers, but that hasn’t always been the case.
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.13. Just this aesthetic.
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.12. This photo from the same Harris brochure is also cool.
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.@aarbrk I think that’s a traditional name for symbols/iconography. Something like Windings.
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.11. Holy lord, look at this colour-coordinated Avis setup from 1979.
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This is a thread of beautiful or interesting computer-y things I scanned at the Museum of Printing this weekend.10. You could have a 1,000 tries, and you would never guess how VariTyper named its Helvetica knock-off.
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