a home computer in the year 2004 . . . as envisioned in 1954 . . .

[OneBlueSky]

[gospelized]

1. my steering wheel is on the right

other than that it's accurate.

[Ruffhowse]

2. What the hell did they expect the wheel to be used for?

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

3. Why video games of course

[bitchkitty]

4. Speaker volume? n/t

[miss_kitty]

5. OK that's the laptop version,

what's the desktop model look like?

[The Shadow]

6. Does Anyone Recognize the Three Panels?

Can anyone guess what the three electrical control panels are really used for?









P.S. it's way past my bedtime, but I'll check back tomorrow to see if anyone knows.

[jpgray]

8. Looks like some sort of nautical navigation doohickey. (nt)

[Old and In the Way]

10. Power generation monitoring, I'd guess.

Could be a marine systems control panel.

[The Shadow]

23. U.S. Submarine Maneuvering Room Consoles

These three consoles monitor and control the submarine's entire nuclear power plant. The console to your left controls the steam turbines. The center console is the nuclear reactor control panel, while the right-hand console controls the electrical system.

[Old and In the Way]

7. What a hoot....complete with steering wheel, LOL.

Where's the gas pedal to make the electrons go faster? Gotta wonder if this isn't some kind of hoax....that printer in the foreground looks positively post-1975ish

[jpgray]

9. It's a collage, I think

Check out the perspective on the TV, for example. :crazy:

[tridim]

11. Does that thing get porn?

[Tabasco_Dave]

19. Yes nude photos of President Eisenhower.

n/t

[Protected]

12. Hmm...

I'm glad that programming languages have matured beyond Fortran.

I wonder if this photo is really from 1954, though, because I see proportional spacing! ;)

[Bucky]

13. Not to be cynical, but I smell a hoax

The dude on the left seems to have been photographed with outdoors lighting. The keyboard is from the early 70s or late 60s. The notion of a monitor screen (and possibly the use of Fortran) wasn't anticipated for computers in the 50s. If they did have a monitor, it sure wouldn't be just a big TV mounted on the wall. WebTV is a bit of an anachronism.

Oh, and no one expected to use a computer at home back then. As late as the 70s IBM was laughing at Jobs and Gates for suggesting home computers. Also, please note the "smart quotes" and superscript for the number of the deployed TANG unit in this obvious forgery. Did they even have this font face in 1973?

[Uroboros]

14. It's either a fake, or a bad mockup

I mean look at that paper in the printer. The width of the paper going in, does not quite match what's coming out. Must have a shrinking function built in :)

Edit:

Also the guy's hand against the black background still has fringing around it from the oringal background.

[blondeatlast]

21. It's a Rovian trick designed to divert our attentionfrom Pickles'

rumored dalliance with Hannity, which is designed to divert us from the fact that Hannity is rumored to be gay, etc.

[JohnnyRingo]

15. Came a long way by 1988

Not much cheaper, though.

[dmr]

16. Lightning-fast 20MHz!

ROFL

When I bought my 133 MHz, 1 gig hard-drive, everyone thought I was nuts! "What are you going to do with that thing?" No vision, those people!

[JohnnyRingo]

17. "Mouse not inc."

What the hell....Couldn't squeeze it in at that price?

[Mojambo]

18. Only $8500.00

What a steal!!!!

[baldguy]

20. I WANT ONE!

That retro Univac look is so cool!

[dmr]

22. Kinda reminds me of Emilac

Anyone remember who she was?

[Screaming Lord Byron]

24. Fuck Ayn Rand and her big computers.