Tag: vintage (166 entries)
This cool Berthold fototype diatronic typesetting machine was spotted by OnlineLion.
Kali aka Sharktastica, expert and enjoyer of vintage IBM keyboards, looks back at some of the accomplishments and events of the last year.
Thomas, the guy behind the Chyrosran22 YouTube channel, sums up how keyboards changed during the last fifty years and takes a look at the explosion of innovations that have happened in the field over the last few years.
The NEC M-System was a Japanese input method and a series of word processor keyboards introduced in 1983. Posted by wj-zhe.
The Sakhr AX-170 is a Z80-based MSX compatible computer from the '80s – posted by gymleader_brock.
A Czechoslovakian Didaktik Gama spotted by themiracy.
An Abekas A72 digital character generator spotted by drake9800.
The Rolco-60 by Rolitron was a dedicated microcomputer for currency exchange facilities in the early '90s.
My annual photo shoot of my (mostly vintage) keyboard collection.
Fizzgiggity posted a gorgeous aftermarket Apple II/II+ keyboard, his latest acquisition.
Keybordle spotted a BBC Micro in London's science museum, giving an opportunity to mention its historic role.
The Otrona 2001 is a cool and rare vintage computer from 1984. Posted by Cerb-r-us.
The unique ergoLogic keyboard with adjustable tenting angle – posted by datnarwhal4.
A keyboard from the ESA Director of Operations bench spotted by evil_noodles.
autonomouschair spotted a gorgeous Tandberg Data keyboard in the Oslo National Museum.
A Hottek 1KB101 keyboard with HTK switches – reviewed by Chyrosran22.
Cipulot posted some photos of his latest find: an electro-capacitive Sony BKE-9400A.
Loitering_Potato posted his find and commenters tried to figure out what this is.
A Tesla Consul 259.6 keyboard from a Soviet mainframe computer terminal – restored and posted by chernobyl_dude
A 1984 Luxor ABC77 keyboard from the Swedish army posted by sadolf.
This gorgeous Dynalogic Hyperion, a Canadian luggable from the early '80s, was posted by snuci.
This awesome-looking 1982 Cromemco C-10 was posted by WonderSausage.
Salvaged by NintendoDuck from a recycling center: a cool Fujitsu keyboard of unknown origin.
I bought this cute vintage 60% Kontron PSI 80 a few weeks ago and decided it's time to clean it, investigate its interior, and share some photos.
The IBM 5100 is one of the many "first" portable computers (1975). Shared by Crul_.
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