Chonker IBM Displaywriter 6580 spotted by madribby78 .
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An IBM Displaywriter 6580 (Beamspring) from the very early 80s, with a Model M in the background as a comparison.
More details: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Displaywriter_System
Published on Sat 5th Jun 2021. Featured in KBD #29 (source ).
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