A blog of old things & ancient techTumblr (3.0; @dinosaurspen)http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a2d3d55a206d7dc0d8e411816216b593/tumblr_mo57l29QHF1qaf98mo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3ff9a41ebd3468b4606453b13d7c8207/tumblr_mo57l29QHF1qaf98mo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3f626dbbae402dff7440e9684e89432a/tumblr_mo57l29QHF1qaf98mo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><blockquote> <p>Olivetti posters</p> <p><em>c.1960, </em><em>Pintori Giovanni</em></p> </blockquote>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/53371663033http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/53371663033Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:01:15 -0400olivettitypewriterold technologyvintage tecnologyvintage advertising<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/084878d2eb8081e821fd9baca0618d26/tumblr_mmkfcx3Ou21ra380fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://roundowlmedia.com/post/50670947159/epson-qc-10-1983">theviveen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>EPSON QC-10 [1983]</p> </blockquote>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/53290565277http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/53290565277Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:01:22 -0400epsonmicrocomputerhome computerpersonal computerpcvintage advertising1980s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ad5b9eb67b201420f19f822f85e5765a/tumblr_mnjb5246ud1r49q4co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>PDP-4 and terminals on display at the National Archives Auditorium, 1964.</p>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/53118401216http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/53118401216Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:02:00 -0400digital equipment corporationdecpdp-4pdp 4pdp4minicomputerretrocomputervintage computercomputer historyold technologyvintage technologyteletypeterminalnational archives1960s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cbc52a64bfbc11c2142550ba552f8156/tumblr_moednkFBxJ1qav3uso1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2d72a071f71a0c3175af7090a7795c87/tumblr_moednkFBxJ1qav3uso2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://prostheticknowledge.tumblr.com/post/52964933442/digital-tv-dinner-early-example-of-digital-glitch">prostheticknowledge</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Digital TV Dinner</p> <p>Early example of digital glitch art from 1979 - video embedded below:</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ad9zdlaRvdM" width="420"></iframe></p> <blockquote> <p>Digital TV Dinner is a video art clip from 1979 created by Raul Zaritsky, Jamie Fenton, and Dick Ainsworth using the Bally Astrocade console game to generate unusual patterns. <br/><br/>The Bally Astrocade was unique among cartridge games in that it was designed to allow users to change game cartridges with power-on. When pressing the reset button, it was possible to remove the cartridge from the system and induce various memory dump pattern sequences. DIgital TV DInner is a collection of these curious states of silicon epilepsy set to music composed and generated upon this same platform.</p> </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad9zdlaRvdM" title="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad9zdlaRvdM">Link</a></p> <p>Hat-Tip to both <a href="http://adw.tumblr.com/" title="http://adw.tumblr.com/">Recyclism</a> and <a href="http://systemsapproach.tumblr.com/" title="http://systemsapproach.tumblr.com/">systemsapproach</a></p> </blockquote>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/53037902527http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/53037902527Sat, 15 Jun 2013 14:01:10 -0400ballyastrocadegame consoleretro gamingglitchartvintage computerretrocomputermicrocomputer1970s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mejl9kLN261reu20vo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/52952490787http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/52952490787Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:01:58 -0400monitorlight penterminalretrocomputervintage computermainframe1960s1970s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e950579dfb9f308d3bf49595f169dd60/tumblr_mmnpb5radF1r49q4co4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/33da2bda7f0fc7d5be6f5f92cac926b7/tumblr_mmnpb5radF1r49q4co1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1212b4af67a6cbf1c5819c3866df6e9e/tumblr_mmnpb5radF1r49q4co2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1bd385f0a93e4a6e3c53660d22623e9d/tumblr_mmnpb5radF1r49q4co3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>A sampling of images from <em>Digital At Work: snapshots from the first thirty-five years </em>(Digital Press, 1992)</p> <p><a href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/gbell/Digital/Digital%20at%20work%201992.pdf">[The full text can be viewed here]</a></p>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/52798644650http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/52798644650Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:01:19 -0400digital equipment corporationdeccore memoryvintage computercomputer historyold computerold technologyold techtechnology1960s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4f8beeb2b9a84444b5119732218b8c58/tumblr_mkhozyAxXh1r72p39o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://goshyesvintageads.tumblr.com/post/46706993741">goshyesvintageads</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Bell Telephone, 1960</p> </blockquote>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/52652943507http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/52652943507Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:00:54 -0400bell telephonetelephonevintage electronicsold technologyvintage advertising1960s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3f5f9f55772a49d616bf4ecc8dc435fb/tumblr_mnn6qpnq1W1r49q4co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Macintosh anatomy.</p> <p><br/>(High res image at source)</p>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/52477199783http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/52477199783Sat, 08 Jun 2013 14:30:38 -0400applemacintoshMac 128kretrocomputerretrocomputingold computerold techold technologyretro computingclassic computer1980s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ade0c81bfb27bcb6af7ca8a4ad79af4d/tumblr_mo0yzwYnA41s6mxo0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://engineeringhistory.tumblr.com/post/52377824766/vannevar-bush-and-others-with-the-differential">engineeringhistory</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Vannevar_Bush">Vannevar Bush</a> and others with the differential analyzer, an mechanical analog computer designed to solve differential equations.</p> </blockquote>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/52411498446http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/52411498446Fri, 07 Jun 2013 18:33:01 -0400vannevar bushmitdifferential analyzerearly computersearly computermechanical computeranalog computer1920s1930s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dfaf7ea9123bbea06342bf14438977d0/tumblr_mlozxa0yzp1r49q4co1_400.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a0bf1e9ba10f503d78d40b6869e3490b/tumblr_mlozxa0yzp1r49q4co2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><em>Simon Mechanical Brain</em>, an early mechanical “personal computer” devised by Edmund Berkeley in 1949. Schematics and instructions for building Simon were presented in a series of <em>Radio-Electronics </em>magazine articles, allowing any hobbyist to construct one with the proper materials.</p>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/52308754172http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/52308754172Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:00:53 -0400edmund berkeleysimon computermechanical computermicrocomputervintage computervintage technologytechnologycomputer historyradio electronics magazine1950s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/353a5871f94abb3d922f245166f4c5e0/tumblr_mjagtdNtcr1s63z0xo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://image-press-gallery.tumblr.com/post/44778918793/17-year-old-barbara-rawlinson-of-islington-finds">image-press-gallery</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>17 year-old Barbara Rawlinson of Islington finds the many dials and controls of the Fairey Multi-Purpose Electronic Analogue Computer rather horrifying at the 1958 Electronic Computer Exhibition at Olympia, London. 28/11/1958 <em>©Press Association</em></span></p> <p><span><em><br/></em>Limited edition fine art prints available soon at <a href="http://www.imagepressgallery.com"><a href="http://www.imagepressgallery.com">www.imagepressgallery.com</a></a></span></p> </blockquote>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/52160234956http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/52160234956Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:01:45 -0400faireyearly computerearly computersanalog computeranalogue computervintage computerold technology1950s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e0f8d9f53645659ed2e54eea85fe580a/tumblr_mmt5apnyfU1r49q4co1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c85f5e512691d31c0b7df71975c27c9b/tumblr_mmt5apnyfU1r49q4co2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Altair 8800 closeups.</p>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51984761271http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51984761271Sun, 02 Jun 2013 14:01:00 -0400altairaltair 8800microcomputervintage computerretrocomputerold technologyvintage technologycontrol paneltoggletechnologyindustrial design1970s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/d581dc2df56d22146ea0398895c25fd9/tumblr_mhz9wwXnXt1s39zkbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://chicasyordenadores.tumblr.com/post/46733627793/ami-6800-mdc-computer-system">chicasyordenadores</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>AMI 6800 MDC computer system</p> </blockquote>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51812622641http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51812622641Fri, 31 May 2013 13:01:00 -0400amiami 6800microcomputerretrocomputervintage computerfloppy driveold technology1980s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/680762a03aa2f9ad134247129afb38a9/tumblr_mnehxw7QSr1rpgpe2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://design-is-fine.tumblr.com/post/51377873639/braun-hifi-brevier-stereo-high-fidelity">design-is-fine</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Braun, <em>HiFi Brevier</em>, stereo high fidelity information brochure, 1966</p> </blockquote>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51755179276http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51755179276Thu, 30 May 2013 18:30:34 -0400vintage technologyold techrecord playerhifistereovintage graphic designvintage advertising<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8fe92645f9e2421400e1adf86348e0b0/tumblr_mmruwchGUg1r49q4co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51662946028http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51662946028Wed, 29 May 2013 16:01:53 -0400data generalnovanova systemminicomputerretrocomputervintage computervintage technologyold technologytechnologyindustrial designcomputer history1970s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mafmjpIJHF1qz4txfo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://semioticapocalypse.tumblr.com/post/36614862301/john-von-neumann-and-robert-oppenheimer-standing">semioticapocalypse</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>John von Neumann and Robert Oppenheimer standing in front of ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer).</p> <p>[::<a href="http://semioticapocalypse.tumblr.com/">SemAp</a>::]</p> </blockquote>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51484167091http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51484167091Mon, 27 May 2013 13:01:00 -0400eniacjohn von neumanncomputer historyearly computersrobert oppenheimer1940s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/59cc0f673cc9e8768e05244a31c3ac94/tumblr_mkgbnlNVo71r49q4co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Strategic Air Command command post, circa 1970s.</p>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51312943798http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51312943798Sat, 25 May 2013 13:01:17 -0400control roomvintage technologyold technologyusafair forcecold warstrategic air commandsacvintage photography1970s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pnyfWh201qmhwe1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51163571718http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51163571718Thu, 23 May 2013 15:01:26 -0400appleapple lisamicrocomputervintage computerretrocomputer1980s<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwxc84aC4x1qz6pg2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://letsbeadult.tumblr.com/post/14923652825/components-jpg">letsbeadult</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.ibmsystem3.nl/images/System%20Components.jpg">Components.jpg</a></p> </blockquote>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51078394203http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51078394203Wed, 22 May 2013 13:01:02 -0400ibmmainframevintage computerretrocomputer1970s<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5eac04a16b454fc23325cc8e855a4d98/tumblr_mlbhdyF4Gt1r49q4co1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Foonley F1, a clone of the PDP-10 computer.</p>http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51009388298http://dinosaurspen.tumblr.com/post/51009388298Tue, 21 May 2013 16:01:47 -0400foonleyfoonley f1decpdp-10mainframevintage computerretrocomputerold technologyvintage technology1960s1970s