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Leeds & Northrup Max1

A cool control station terminal spotted by jacksonh22.

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Published November 13, 2021
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jacksonh22 posted this photo without any details but fnordulicious identified the protagonist as a Leeds & Northrup Max1 terminal.

Apparently a Leeds & Northrup Max1 terminal. Seems to be part of a control system for things like power plants. It was apparently hooked up to DEC VAXen – fnordulicious.

Here is and old interface documentation archived by Google.

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Published on Sat 13th Nov 2021. Featured in KBD #52 (source).

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