Siemens linear accelerator keyboard Do you need two keys to start your keyboard? K1LLAmanJARO spotted one.
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It's for controlling a linear accelerator used for radiation therapy, so it damned well better have hardware key interlocks to put it in maintenance mode and enable radiation – mikelieman .
Published on Mon 9th Aug 2021. Featured in KBD #38 (source ).
Related A nice review of the emblematic SafeType by cornbreadninja.A nice review of the one and only SafeType – tested by cornbreadninja.
This awesome-looking 1982
Cromemco C-10 was posted by
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The Hughes printing telegraph, the second "keyboard", was a huge improvement compared to its predecessor. Spotted by
TheSemiHistorian .
A battered Tektronix 4014-1 computer terminal spotted by
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I hate when a single photo gets posted without context, but this Centurion looks gorgeous.
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