Tag: spotting (191 entries)
The IBM 5100 is one of the many "first" portable computers (1975). Shared by Crul_.
The elusive CPT Phoenix Jr word processor keyboard spotted by catsontuesday.
The КТ-У1 is a reed-switch keyboard from Soviet times – posted by psych_1337.
This is a Sabre Edit video editor by Grass Valley Group. Posted by iaakki.
After buying a Datadesk LittleFingers LF-2100 keyboard, FansForFlorida posted an informative gallery.
Sharktastica posted an IBM CANPOS (Compact Alphanumeric Point Of Sale) keyboard with a pointing stick.
A gorgeous Cortron keyboard with ITW magnetic valve switches made for Sperry Univac systems. Posted by catsontuesday.
A portable DMX lighting controller posted by aleigh9812.
A pimped-up Siemens Unity 2 "Super Silent Keyboard" posted by catsontuesday.
The Fairlight MFX3 Plus is a dedicated hardware designed to handle 24 tracks of recording live.
The HP 9845, Hewlett Packard's flagship from 1977, and the first "workstation".
The StenoWord is a Japanese chorded keyboard for professionals doing subtitles for live broadcasts.
lBlanc99 revived and restored a dead Costar CSK-7101N keyboard.
A Dick Smith Cat a.k.a. VTech Laser 3000 repaired and posted by lizardb0y.
This is an Orion ADP 2052 terminal with a TKI keyboard from 1983. Rafi switches, physically locking Alfa Lock, some backlit keys and an intimidating cable and connector.
A rugged computer used by the Russian army – seized by their Ukrainian hosts.
This TypeMatrix may be the first keyboard using the term "ortholinear". (Not the first ortho one ofc.)
Not the usual monoblock split: the Velotype Pro is actually a chorded keyboard.
Dedicated macropad of various Noritsu Digital Minilabs.
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.
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