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| Thread ID: 65348 | 2006-01-15 06:48:00 | Old machine curiosity | Greg (193) | PC World Chat |
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| 421183 | 2006-01-15 06:48:00 | The image linked below is my missus's dad in front of some old machine. The photo was taken in 1973. Can anybody tell what it is? My guess is some sort of old word processor, but it could be anything, like maybe a diagnostic machine, as he was in the pharmaceuticals industry at the time. The thing is it looks so much like an early PC, but they only became mainstream early 80's. Could it even be a Mac? :eek: Image here (www.hostnz.co.nz). |
Greg (193) | ||
| 421184 | 2006-01-15 06:56:00 | Thats an early model Infinite Improbability Drive. | Metla (12) | ||
| 421185 | 2006-01-15 07:10:00 | Thats an early model Infinite Improbability Drive.Lol, no its not ya egg :p We need to head Back to the Future... The guy is keying in instructions for the 1.21Gigawatt flux capacitor inside the machine (yes, its the ealiest pics of Doc Brown's Time Machine :)) |
Myth (110) | ||
| 421186 | 2006-01-15 07:19:00 | could this be it?? www.old-computers.com |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 421187 | 2006-01-15 07:25:00 | could this be it?? www.old-computers.com No, the photo was taken in 1973, but the machine wasn't released till 1977, unless it is Doc Brown :cool: |
plod (107) | ||
| 421188 | 2006-01-15 07:47:00 | Looks like an early Visual Display Unit (Terminal) of a mainframe computer of that era. | godfather (25) | ||
| 421189 | 2006-01-15 08:53:00 | Looks awfully like www.old-computers.com www.old-computers.com |
pctek (84) | ||
| 421190 | 2006-01-15 09:16:00 | Looks awfully like www.old-computers.com www.old-computers.com Could be... the CBM logo could be the clue. So although GF's idea makes good sense, I'm now guessing it's a Commodore. |
Greg (193) | ||
| 421191 | 2006-01-15 09:20:00 | Both of those are 1981 though... | george12 (7) | ||
| 421192 | 2006-01-16 00:59:00 | It's certainly a terminal, rather than a "computer" . There's no storage device, not even an 8" floppy . In 1973 hard disks were 14" diameter, or bigger . Are the dark patches on the side facing us readable in the photograph? Is that really "C B M"? Probably still not be Commodore; they don't own the letter "C" . The word "computer" comes to mind . It looks quite a lot like a one-off; most "manufactured" terminals had some curved bits . though the screen section does look a bit more factory made . It doesn't look "so much like an early PC", All IBM PCs (in 1982) were in rectangular boxes . Microcomputers in 1973 were similar . . . and most used terminals (mostly Teletypes) . Video terminals were still very rare, and I doubt if any were "built in" . Most were that ugly . |
Graham L (2) | ||
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