Tag: history (160 entries)
An interesting insight into the early history of the Planck, synonym for the 4x12 ortho.
Rockwell AIM-65 with a built-in keyboard and a 20-character display, released in 1978.
R009k saved a vintage Fluke 1720A Programmer Keyboard from getting thrown out.
The Teletype Model 33, an electromechanical teleprinter from the '60s with actual cylinders as its keys.
The Osborne Executive portable computer was widely blamed for the company's subsequent bankruptcy.
The Sony Hit-Bit HB-F1XD is probably the coolest looking home computer ever made.
Typewriters from the '80s that used small ball point pens to draw text and graphics.
Wyvyrn reflects on keyboards in movies 2001: A Space Odyssey and its sequel, 2010: The Year We Make Contact.
KingD421 found this vintage Keltron, part of a fire alarm system.
Sony HitBit – a home computer family from the '80s and its HB-101 model with kick-ass design language.
SharktasticA announced his IBM-family keyboard wiki with the aim of covering niche models.
This Raytheon 226274 from 1969 came with KB-SR1 switches made of glass!
My latest acquisition is this quite rare Videoton terminal made in Hungary in the early '80s.
An actual battle station from the USS Midway Museum. Posted by yagtechceo.
The Protomic DataStealth is an elusive monoblock split from the '90s, designed by Benjamin Rossen.
It seems Fujitsu made ALPS keyboards. An Oasys spotted by by May_1.
A gorgeous Memorex 2051 terminal keyboard spotted by TechManPrieto.
A nice Dolch PAC 586 found and saved by Bakedprawns.
A nice review of a Compaq Plus Portable (1983) by Dmitrii Eliuseev.
A beautiful luggable Victor Vicky V9000 found by yesman_85's parents.
A Grid Compass from the Space Shuttle – spotted by herronious.
The Soviet SKALA was the process computer for the RBMK Nuclear Reactor at Chernobyl NPP.
A cool keyboard salvaged from a nuclear missile silo converted by Pointless Tinkering.
Is this ergonomic workplace from an old Soviet sci-fi or an exhibition back in 1969?
The classy IBM SCAMP was a prototype to showcase the APL programming language (1973).
