Steve! Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 As it was seen in 1954 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Does that moniter in the upper right corner really say "Bangedup.com ?!? Lord knows where that would take ya today! :D--> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInvisibleDan Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Is that a steering wheel? :)--> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarthP2000 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Hhhmmmm, I wonder if it ran DOS 0.1. :D--> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radar OReilly Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 garth..... check your privates ;)--> ror Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krys Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Back to the future via Flash Gordon....and Captain Video and his Vido Rangers (circa 1958-ish) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Strange Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 what the heck are those steering wheel looking things for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmiller Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Navigating the information highway?? :P--> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawtucket Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Tom, It's a mouse!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excathedra Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 that's the mouse ??!!?? talk about carpal tunnel syndrome what a riot !!!!! my neck would hurt from looking up at the monitor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krys Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 I'll bet that room was hot in the summer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate1974 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Interesting. Looks a lot like this submarine control room exhibit at the Smithsonian, doesn't it? Oops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excathedra Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 wow ! how'd you find that pi ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve! Posted December 1, 2004 Author Share Posted December 1, 2004 Kewl! I got this pic in an email, thought it was amusing, and so I posted it. Let the buyer beware, I guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate1974 Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 snopes.com This one has been around for a few years. I'm just no fun at all, am I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trefor Heywood Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 I also remember somone, perhaps the president of IBM, forecasting the world would never need more than three such computers. Without the silicon chip, that prediction might not have been too far from the truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excathedra Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 computers are "of god" :)--> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ex70sHouston Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Computers may be of God but Spam is from the Devil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSongRemainsTheSame Posted December 1, 2004 Share Posted December 1, 2004 Where is the Da Vinci when ya really need him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 I immediately recognized the printer as a DEC LA30, circa 1970 so I knew the picture was a fake. Great find with the sub picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve! Posted December 2, 2004 Author Share Posted December 2, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Jim:I immediately recognized the printer as a DEC LA30, circa 1970 so I knew the picture was a fake. Great find with the sub picture. I'm sorry, but I hafta say this - GEEEEK! ;)--> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 Reminds me of old Star Trek episodes, Sulu (I think) wrestling with the navigation computer. "The helm is sluggish, Captain." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted December 2, 2004 Share Posted December 2, 2004 quote:I'm sorry, but I hafta say this -GEEEEK! No apology necessary. It looks like it might actually be an LA36. Externally, they both looked the same. I suspect it was photoshopped in from this picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve! Posted December 2, 2004 Author Share Posted December 2, 2004 Yes, but was it the LA36a or the LA36b? And what kind of printer ribbon was put in that printer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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dmiller
Does that moniter in the upper right corner really say "Bangedup.com ?!?
Lord knows where that would take ya today!
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TheInvisibleDan
Is that a steering wheel?
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GarthP2000
Hhhmmmm, I wonder if it ran DOS 0.1.
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Radar OReilly
garth.....
check your privates
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krys
Back to the future via Flash Gordon....and Captain Video and his Vido Rangers (circa 1958-ish)
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Tom Strange
what the heck are those steering wheel looking things for?
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dmiller
Navigating the information highway??
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Tom,
It's a mouse!!
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excathedra
that's the mouse ??!!?? talk about carpal tunnel syndrome
what a riot !!!!! my neck would hurt from looking up at the monitor
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krys
I'll bet that room was hot in the summer!
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Pirate1974
Interesting.
Looks a lot like this submarine control room exhibit at the Smithsonian, doesn't it?
Oops.
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excathedra
wow ! how'd you find that pi ?
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Kewl!
I got this pic in an email, thought it was amusing, and so I posted it.
Let the buyer beware, I guess!
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snopes.com
This one has been around for a few years.
I'm just no fun at all, am I?
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Trefor Heywood
I also remember somone, perhaps the president of IBM, forecasting the world would never need more than three such computers.
Without the silicon chip, that prediction might not have been too far from the truth.
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excathedra
computers are "of god"
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ex70sHouston
Computers may be of God but Spam is from the Devil
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TheSongRemainsTheSame
Where is the Da Vinci when ya really need him?
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Jim
I immediately recognized the printer as a DEC LA30, circa 1970 so I knew the picture was a fake. Great find with the sub picture.
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Steve!
I'm sorry, but I hafta say this -
GEEEEK!
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Ham
Reminds me of old Star Trek episodes, Sulu (I think) wrestling with the navigation computer. "The helm is sluggish, Captain."
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Jim
No apology necessary. It looks like it might actually be an LA36. Externally, they both looked the same. I suspect it was photoshopped in from this picture.
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Yes, but was it the LA36a or the LA36b? And what kind of printer ribbon was put in that printer?
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