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Title: Some antiques
Post by: armenws on Thu, 09 September 2010, 16:42:15

from the museum of arts and sciences in paris

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12437&stc=1&d=1284068409)

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12438&stc=1&d=1284068409)

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12439&stc=1&d=1284068409)

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12440&stc=1&d=1284068409)

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12441&stc=1&d=1284068409)

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12442&stc=1&d=1284068409)

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=12443&stc=1&d=1284068409)

Title: Some antiques
Post by: ch_123 on Thu, 09 September 2010, 17:05:00

I think the second one is an IBM Model A.

Title: Some antiques
Post by: British on Thu, 09 September 2010, 17:06:09

Did you pop some caps and figured the switches out ?

Title: Some antiques
Post by: chimera15 on Thu, 09 September 2010, 17:08:20

Awesome, love the pushbutton typewriter.  Could you imagine offices being filled with those things if those patents had taken off? lol

Title: Some antiques
Post by: armenws on Thu, 09 September 2010, 19:33:55

lol pop some caps and check switches

Title: Some antiques
Post by: armenws on Thu, 09 September 2010, 19:36:13

4,5 and maybe 6 are cryptography devices I think. I had literally 15 minutes to look through the entire video game history exhibit (which was awesome) and the museum before catching a plane. Would have liked to bring more details but there we are. My favorite is the last one - it's quite small, about 7 or 8 inches across.

Title: Some antiques
Post by: chimera15 on Thu, 09 September 2010, 21:22:02

Quote from: armenws;221443

4,5 and maybe 6 are cryptography devices I think. I had literally 15 minutes to look through the entire video game history exhibit (which was awesome) and the museum before catching a plane. Would have liked to bring more details but there we are. My favorite is the last one - it's quite small, about 7 or 8 inches across.

 I believe 4 5 and 6, especially 4 is actually an early typewriter design before qwerty became the norm, although I could be wrong.  There are certainly similar devices that look like that that were early typewriters.  They look like porcupines.