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112. Hey! 31J20b3 here!!! By God, I worked on teletype that were computer terminals!

Tue Sep 10, 2013, 04:41 PM

Sep 2013

And they required LOTS of maintenance!! Enough to drive the development of pin-hammer based dot matrix printers.

If CORPORATIONS!!!! had left well enough ALONE there would STILL be millions of teletype repairmen and the economy would be clattering along!

Freakingly dependable dot matrix printers killed jobs, led the way to ink-jets and the tyranny of HP Ink cartridge sales!

But, had teletype not been obvious dinosaurs, I'd have never earned a PhD. Not that that PhD is terribly important to the world, but unshackled from teletype with thousands of of moving parts I was free to consider other more satisfying complex problems.

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The next XBox? DJ13 Sep 2013 #2

I Miss The Wonderful World Of The Future, Ma'am.... The Magistrate Sep 2013 #3

Why for the huge steering wheel? Bolo Boffin Sep 2013 #4

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or you can put it in your car and have a mobile phone lol nt msongs Sep 2013 #13

LOL :) nt Mojorabbit Sep 2013 #38

For the disk drive. nt Laffy Kat Sep 2013 #44

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Yup. HappyMe Sep 2013 #85

It's a nice Jules Vern touch, I think tavalon Sep 2013 #92

I want a giant steering wheel .... relayerbob Sep 2013 #95

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LOL, warm up the hamster! :-) n/t Bolo Boffin Sep 2013 #115

For spinning discussions on forums of course! IronLionZion Sep 2013 #105

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Wonder what it was about the model that made them choose "2004"? tridim Sep 2013 #6

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I, too, was wondering if that was a 1954 pronouncement/prediction for 2004. loudsue Sep 2013 #76

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Nice! A Little Weird Sep 2013 #7

That's the mouse! Scuba Sep 2013 #31

LOL! think4yourself Sep 2013 #8

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Point taken. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #19

You know that's right. nt wandy Sep 2013 #79

And here was the reality in 2004 PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 #10

I have that little box. It is the Mac Mini. n/t RebelOne Sep 2013 #17

...with the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use. Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #11

I did some Fortran in my day rurallib Sep 2013 #39

Lol Junkdrawer Sep 2013 #42

Yeah, I remember Fortran. Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #52

paper tapes........ (mid 70s....) lastlib Sep 2013 #68

+1 for the compu-card wreaths! n/t Beartracks Sep 2013 #75

Hollerith cards with round holes? Paulie Sep 2013 #83

Not quite that far. Little rectangular holes Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #117

Yup, I also learned Fortran, only back then it was FORTRAN. Jim Lane Sep 2013 #96

It was the programming language for engineering in 1987 at K-state. Blanks Sep 2013 #81

Did Fortran. Hated Fortran. I'm old! nt Ilsa Sep 2013 #124

Fortran made me change my major. Dollface Sep 2013 #110

Too funny. RGinNJ Sep 2013 #14

That seems like an awful lot of space, trouble and expense HolyMoley Sep 2013 #16

Just think! Scootaloo Sep 2013 #26

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We had a Snoopy print out in the mid-60s. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #126

J Edgar Hoover sure had a complicated boat. /nt Marr Sep 2013 #18

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Oh My! Kennah Sep 2013 #37

RimJob thinks transistors are advocates of the homosexual agenda. NuclearDem Sep 2013 #28

DUzy!!! Scuba Sep 2013 #33

You won the Internet today. nt msanthrope Sep 2013 #114

^^^^THIS^^^^IS^^^^A^^^^DUZY^^^^ Lochloosa Sep 2013 #118

lol diane in sf Sep 2013 #50

. . . too complex. HughBeaumont Sep 2013 #87

This day in Naval History: The Straight Story Sep 2013 #21

It's a hoax HolyMoley Sep 2013 #22

Yup n/t bobja Sep 2013 #63

I don't know. The wheel kind of looks like a prototype Ipod button. nt jobycom Sep 2013 #113

You do know that's a fake photo, yes? jberryhill Sep 2013 #24

Good old Snopes IDemo Sep 2013 #25

Aw bummer... pangaia Sep 2013 #36

what is the purpose of that big steering wheel? Liberal_in_LA Sep 2013 #27

To steer the submarine... progressoid Sep 2013 #34

False, that's the throttle control for the steam turbines. Sirveri Sep 2013 #89

How do you like that mouse? Oh, and don't forget to sign up for tech support! Scuba Sep 2013 #29

Porn is so boring in Fortran. progressoid Sep 2013 #30

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WTF is the steering wheel for? LOL WTF Fucking Way Back machine. L0oniX Sep 2013 #32

Actually it was spelled WABAC hootinholler Sep 2013 #49

LOL Dash87 Sep 2013 #86

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"reality of the past was not what the history books had made it out to be" L0oniX Sep 2013 #91

I always wondered what the wheel were for. liberal N proud Sep 2013 #35

MY computer has a Steering Wheel. bvar22 Sep 2013 #41

Defn: "home computer", a computer the size of a home. longship Sep 2013 #43

That is the GOP's vision for the future Snake Plissken Sep 2013 #45

I still wonder what the steering wheel was for. Early video games? opening and closing the valves? diane in sf Sep 2013 #46

It's actually a Smithsonian exhibit on submarines, sadly Recursion Sep 2013 #84

I can't buy one of those "Rand Corp Computers" right now... nikto Sep 2013 #47

Hold out for the 8-track. xfundy Sep 2013 #54

You know, looking at that picture, I can't help think that my keyboard should be much longer. FSogol Sep 2013 #48

Unlike that one, this one is real... in 1966 predicted email, online shopping, Nye Bevan Sep 2013 #53

That's amazingly close to how it currently is. SheilaT Sep 2013 #98

Then there's Dick Tracy's wrist T.V./phone. Eleanors38 Sep 2013 #128

This looks like a Photoshop job Texano78704 Sep 2013 #55

Actually, it looks like an old movie set for one of the Sci-fi movies of the day, Cleita Sep 2013 #58

One of my roommates back in my single days worked for RAND. Cleita Sep 2013 #56

The first use of brackets Unknown Beatle Sep 2013 #57

All made up. Hoax. Here is snoops link...... Logical Sep 2013 #59

It needs a steering wheel? tblue Sep 2013 #60

I think I had that exact printer in 1989! NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #62

So the massive steering wheel is like an ancient mouse or trackball? LOL> BootinUp Sep 2013 #64

Coincidence? Beartracks Sep 2013 #73

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"For Men With Ideas In Electronics" Beartracks Sep 2013 #72

What did they expect a homeowner to compute with it? Beartracks Sep 2013 #67

STOP the PRESSES! This hoax has been slayed. Beartracks Sep 2013 #69

Killjoy! burrowowl Sep 2013 #74

LOL! shireen Sep 2013 #103

Snopes link IronLionZion Sep 2013 #104

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Is that a steering wheel from a ship? sarcasmo Sep 2013 #70

As a matter of fact... Beartracks Sep 2013 #71

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And we're supposed to have flying cars, too! Thav Sep 2013 #97

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I wish my computer had a steering wheel. Javaman Sep 2013 #101

LOVE the steering wheel! n/t DirkGently Sep 2013 #102

Rand Corp? 4Q2u2 Sep 2013 #106

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Intead we got this nykym Sep 2013 #109

Love it, but it's a hoax. Pryderi Sep 2013 #111

Hey! 31J20b3 here!!! By God, I worked on teletype that were computer terminals! HereSince1628 Sep 2013 #112

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having another one as we speak... kpete Sep 2013 #120

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