post your most beautiful tech, from any era
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>>59503661
hnnnng
>>59503797
theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDmgnyBijc8
Have one of these. Cool PC set, I was surprised by the quality of sound from this monitor speakers.
>>59503869
I would buy a chromed out PC case.
>>59503869
>>59503939
I really wanted one of those controllers when they first announced the PS3. Would have been cool as an option.
>>59503885
>>59503968
same, the world just wasnt ready for a perfectly weighted boomerang controller
>>59503815
I wish we still had inline displays like that.
>>59503996
perfectly balanced rather
RIP 1981-2011
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zyjSBSvqPc
Why CPUs were cooler :-D
>>59504023
>this trash is still cluttering the silicon because muh compatibility
>>59504021
I still want to build one. When I'm able to by having enough space for such a project, I will do it.
>>59504021
Nice Catapults!
>>59504062
wut?
>>59504021
What's with all of these nostalgic faggots pretending old tech looked good?
The Case works as a heatsink.
>>59504055
circular ones were better
Once upon a time, all printers were like this.
And it was your primary display for the computer.
>>59504091
clever
>>59503805
My nigga, I wish I could afford my own. I just fuck with a VST that does very well at emulating it though.
>>59503661
Modular Pioneer player.
Top one is a record player, standing on a FM/AM radio.
Then there is an audio CD reader, a tape player, can also do a copy of another tape or record the radio broadcast.
The bottom one is the output manager, you can decide which module can use the speakers.
>>59504102
mechanical calculators were best
>>59504062
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQo939lNnd8
>>59504078
pls be troll
>>59504171
awesome, love old soviet tech
beige is beautiful
>>59504168
You bet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=443B6f_4n6k
https://youtu.be/5EPFWlWuNG0?t=1m17s
>>59504248
brushed metal apps were pretty rad
>>59503797
I like the yellow one
>>59504252
Who is she?
>>59504115
god damm i want one
>>59504380
she is my sex doll
Tbh
>>59503815
Fucking this, Sony made so many beautiful MD players, kinda wish I'd gotten one, but sadly my iPod nano is superior in almost every way
>>59503908
You're supposed to post beautiful tech.
A watch styled after worst girl is not beautiful.
Kill/RMA/neck yourself.
>>59504380
95 pounds of silicone
Some of you may remember these.
>>59504044
thumbs up emoji
so much east german aesthetic
http://9hal.ath.cx/usr/digital-ag/RECHENWERK/rechenwerk_impressionen_2015.html
y'all niggas step aside, big fish coming through
pocket-sized reel-to-reel recorder designed for spies during the cold war. swiss made.
>>59503773
>Not airbrushing out all the hair in the backlit halo
Simpler times
>>59504633
more like this senpai
another swiss reel to reel
>>59504159
I have one!
No pictures... not at home... but if my honor means anything I promise you that I have a CD unit, receiver (bottom thing), radio tuner, and tape deck. Given to me by my aunt who bought them new in 1989.
Maybe I do have pics.. I'll look.
>>59504211
>window
So close.
>>59504248
That mouse was a usability nightmare but so fucking aesthetic and nostalgic.
>>59505393
>portrait crt
I've seen it all lads.
creative zen micro
>>59505481
Pls
>all these posts
>not one NeXT
I'm ashamed of you /g/.
>>59505522
>>59505522
>>59505522
God damn it I miss those fucking things
>>59505538
just bought one of those a few months ago.
this is a umpc from 2011 w/ 256gb ssd, dual-band 802.11n, gigabit ethernet, gps, and 4 usb 2.0 ports
I miss my blu cube.
>>59503773
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f7exKZ33pU
>>59505472
Huge shame that thing is total trash.
>>59504202
I've got one of these, it's absolute rubbish.
>>59503884
whoa mamma
>>59504531
best grill
>>59503797
i like the golden brown and like how they got both colorschemes of mid-2000s consumer pcs AND the beige
>>59504226
What part of Mass Effect Andromeda did that come from?
>>59504085
How did they load the balls?
>>59505485
>portrait crt
Are you a newfag or just fag?
>>59505616
>Stewie Jeeerrrbs
No one cares.
>>59503968
>>59503996
They discontinued them after people who threw the controller in frustration got a concussion after it flew back.
>>59506798
Oh take your pills and go to bed gramps.
X68000 ofc
>>59506906
Learn your history, lest ye be doomed to repeat it.
>>59506798
not like you really would have seen them outside of the publishing industry or financially well endowed academic/scientific institutions
>>59503873
As I recall, these were built in the way they were to increase stability at higher spin speeds.
>>59503873
I've got one of these laying around, wish I could put it to use but it looks like shit in the only system of the proper era I've got for it
>>59506979
No shit, right?
Adjusted for inflation (2017) and based on numbers I could find, the base retail price would be about $50,000 a pop for them.
Still, would have been interesting if Xerox management actually got off their asses and patented it. IBM, Microsoft, and Apple would none be where they are now.
My dad still uses his from launch in 1972. Fantastic piece of kit
>>59504044
;_; why did they stop using iris tubes
also *pomf*
>>59507059
nah, IBM and Apple were in totally different markets and had a lot more weight behind them than Xerox did, they couldn't even cut it in the high end with their own attempts at truly commercializing their developments with the Star/Daybreak systems, I reckon their marketing and developer support was fucking god awful
$50,000 after inflation wasn't too outlandish for a high-end system of that class when you look at all the competition, really shows you why workstations were pretty quick to commit japanese puzzle game as soon as PCs started taking themselves seriously
>>59506906
Arcades you little shit head
>>59507130
It's not too outlandish now, but remember this is 1973 we're talking about. It would be like asking $50,000 for a device that you have no idea the use or capability of.
It'd be a hard sell, let's be honest.
>>59507190
for universities it would be a must have to stay competitive, it was mainly students that came up with applications for that gear
>>59507190
for sure my man, in 1973 $15,000 was fucking ludicrous especially for a single-user research system like the Alto
but luckily for Xerox and other workstation vendors, their target market was big government institutions, enterprises and universities where $15,000 is a tinkle in an ocean of financially reckless piss especially for equipment you're going to pay a bunch of overvalued eggheads $50,000 a year each to write hello worlds on anyway
it's good shit that I can't help but fetishize, I also think a lot of Altos were loaned or donated as well rather than outright sold, at least in the silicon valley area
>>59506422
probably used a ramp
>>59507245
cool beer fridge
>>59507130
digging up this picture made me google around for more and damn, Intel built some really nice gear with that piece of shit vaporware chip before it became embedded pleb fodder
>>59507272
literally thought the same thing, it's even got a fucking counter top
>>59507245
fridge dissection
>>59506422
Tsar Cannon never used to shoot, and this type of bombards used grapeshot canisters.
Just moved to Japan and thinking about picking one of these bad boys off of Yahoo Auctions. The HiMD ones are sexy but fucking expensive.
>>59507405
>fucking expensive
how the fuck are md players still expensive
>>59507420
Most of them aren't, average around $100 for ones that can record MDs. It's only the HiMD models which were loaded with features and came out after the iPod hit its stride so they're fairly rare.
>>59506358
I honestly wouldnt mind something like this with modern level of storage and battery. The yellow-green screen is the shit man.
Pioneer Laserdisc karaoke system. Sorry for the shitty picture, wasn't much room for a better shot.
>>59507420
Rarity. The later models were made in small numbers because by the mid 2000s most consumers had gone over to MP3 players.
The MZRH1 goes for nearly $1000 on eBay, cos it's seen as the pinnacle of Sony's portable recorders. They're becoming collector's pieces, and they still look fairly modern.
>look at older tech
>realise what your surroundings were when you were a kid
>that it will only get worse
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>>59507479
>MZRH1
>>59507448
jesus wtf this bitch looks sexy as fuck
god damn nothing looks this nice these days
>>59507506
i could probably cum to this, not even joking
>>59507494
>This is Cool
Well it says so right on the box, how can it be wrong?
>>59507405
Some of the later Sony players were so pretty
>>59507513
fug they even had one with a bigger screen
>>59507561
Almost bought one of those back in the day, wish I had cos they're worth a shitload now.
>>59507513
I love that miniature-stereo look desu
Thicc and comfy. And I still want one. Or powermac g3 at least.
>>59505472
I must say, I don't get why people love the fucking neogeo mini stick thing so much. I had one of those PS2 neogeo gamepads and I couldn't get used to it. I liked the stick on the Caanoo better, though that thing -was- a piece of shit too. This thing would have been perfect if it had good SNES and PS1 2D emulation.
>>59507705
>A new iMac can get you on the internet in ten minutes out of the box
My, how things have changed.
>>59507726
Yeah, fucking sucks how it's almost mandatory to have the internet before you can use any device you buy these days.
>>59504309
This guy gets it.
>>59504211
That does look nice. I really dislike white, but beige makes things much more bearable.
>>59507705
I need a blueberry 333 to go with my first gen clamshell shitbook, but the power mac kicks the shit out of these things all day long if you actually want to do something, you can overclock them too
some day I'll get my hands on a nice 450
>>59503661
Old soviet syths are the shit man, both sound and style-wise.
>>59503661
the NES
>>59504017
Did they use the shuttle's vector thrusts direct the combo during takeoff?
No this is not a prop from Aliens, it's an actual Hitachi portable TV
>>59507983
Don't talk like that, this isn't reddit, fucknut.
>>59508004
Ok...
inb4 "this is a prop from Aliens, faggot"
>>59507833
Comfy as fuck, holy shit. Would pay $$$ for a weekend larp.
>>59503975
Even better
Still the most aesthetic phone ever produced
>>59508142
No.
>>59505393
>sell embedded AMD for $500
>charge $20 a month to access internet
>no hard drive users have to buy proprietary Memory Sticks
>can't save images or files
Sony a savage
>>59508190
>>59508197
>>59508190
I said aesthetic, not practical
>>59507598
Ericsson was cool as fuck.
>>59508209
Ericsson created Erlang, after all
>>59508142
Nah m8. Sony Ericsson Re sold by AU Japan back in 2008. Wanted one of these so badly, so fucking sexy.
>>59504574
>Tfw haven't seen a fingerbox thread in ages
>>59504159
>FM/AM unit wider than the others
>feet don't align
>>59506810
Lost
This phone was very nice back in the day
>>59503661
does that really exist? if it does can it run linux?
>>59507763
nah man white with black highlights is the next wave, people just haven't realized it yet
>>59504531
your heart is not beautiful
>>59505465
Had one. The real display was shit. Way washed out. The game-gear was (I think) lower res, but much more vibrant.
>>59508458
I known it's autismal, but you labeled a PARISC based HP/UX workstation as "PC.jpg" That was as far from a PC as you can get.
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>>59503661
just get the DragonBox Pyra
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZDfTVX8Nb8
>>59509545
Not him, but it's a personal computer. What you mean is an IBM-PC
I have this pc with all the original components and working. I have windows 2000 installed and I play warcraft 2 on it. This is so glorious
these threads are comfy! COMFY!
Can anyone identify the square cellphone on the right?
It looks pretty a e s t h e t i c.
https://youtu.be/TWT3VgrlXJQ?t=9m34s
>>59510060
looks like doom 3
>>59505682
>2011
Wut? I had that same GoBook through work in 2007 duder. That's the MR-1, right?
How is it with a SSD, btw? Mine was issued with an 80GB 5400 rpm HDD. They said they couldn't put a faster HDD in it without sacrificing some of the shock protection, and since I was going through areas of active combat, losing my data just to have the GoBook run a tiny bit faster wasn't worth it. I wish there were reasonably priced, reliable PATA NAND/SSD solutions in 2007
>>59507705
Kek. I have a working G3 powermac, a 1st gen lamp style ppc iMac, and a 1.2Ghz ppc eMac. Since I got my C2D Mac mini, they're all just collecting dust so I might sell them.
Though desu, I'm tempted to build a hackintosh that blows away the current fully loaded Mac pro and put it in the G3 powermac case. Wouldn't take much besides cutting a new I/O shield with a dremel and finding a way to bolt in the PSU
>>59507813
Damn. I just remembered mine is actually a g4. Graphite, 400MHz, slide out Mobo design. I'm not home but it looks exactly like pic related
Condition is 10/10. If you're on the east coast I might be willing to part with it, but I'm still deciding if I wanna hackintosh it or not
>>59508114
>smok
>Shitty chink cloners go legit
No thanks.
>>59507833
My first PC was one of these, god I wish I still had it.
>>59508902
>TFW I still have a working orange and black one from at&t from when I was a regional exec there, unlocked.
I use it on T-Mobile as my "bar phone" so I don't leave my real phone in a cab, or drop it while drunk, or get it stolen, etc. Now that the WAP browser on it is basically useless, idc that it only supports EDGE bands when used on T-Mobile
>>59504017
Gonna miss it
>>59510516
>replacing reusable, safe shuttles with more flying coffins
>>59504102
Some watchmaker made a watch so the dials resemble that design, looked pretty sweet, can't remember the name now.
>>59504372
Had one of these, I would kill for a re-release. It was so easy to use.
>>59508458
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLTh4uVJduI
>>59503815
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU3BceoMuaA
I really want an old Silicon Graphics box and I really don't know why. Maybe it's the esoteric architecture, the unique flavor of Unix they're running or the impact they had back in the day, I don't really know, but at least they really nailed the aesthetics of these things.
And I will eternally kick myself for not trying to grab that fully loaded Octane2 complete with the asshuge CRT just lying around in a warehouse at this place I used to work at.
>>59505575
What in the heck is that???
>>59511267
vive sensor
>>59504211
link to wallpaper anon?
>>59511395
>>59504126
>not using Monark
Bro, that Arturiastuff is worthless
>>59507561
They also had one with a camera
>>59503661
>>59507833
>I have that BASIC manual a few feet behind me
one step closer to these perfect a e s t h e t i c s
>>59504017
This thing ruined NASA
>>59509375
Never seen it like that before, it somewhat resembles the looks of the servers in mirrors edge
captcha: ooga booga
>>59507966
yes the whole thing is inherently unbalanced and the vector thrust keeps it stable
>>59502824
Interestingly, it finally evolved into the much less classy Citroen BX.
http://leroux.andre.free.fr/simi38.htm
>>59507833
Sweet, makes me want to set up a period battlestation myself. I've stopped working from home now, so I can redo my home office and throw all practicality out the window.
>>59513158
I wish they had spent the money on Skylab and more Apollo capsules instead. Would have probably provided a lot more bang for the buck in terms of science.
Little box of dreams.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ts96J7HhO28
PS. Absolutely nothing worked on the 16k version.
Considering theres an 80s revival in fashion every 2 or 3 years now, i wonder if tech will follow that trend.
>>59513266
The Spectrum manages to look both horrifically ugly, yet aesthetic at the same time.
>>59506983
Pretty sure it won't spin faster than 2x
They were just REALLY early drives
>>59507017
>MO disc
How fast and reliable are they? Never saw one
>>59507966
Former Launch Crew
>The shuttle's vector thrust
It's thrust vector
https://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/
Have a blast, kids.
>>59504115
I cant find any information for this that isn't from 2006. Its like they just dropped off the map completely...
>>59513286
>tfw sold it with the flashcart i bought for it to some dude in cl
better to be used than to sit in some cabinet gathering dust. tried to get a faceplate without a scratch before selling it, but what do you know, a nintendo accessory cost an arm and a leg, and that's just for shit people didn't take care of.
This bois, notice the ñ letter
>>59513470
gbm became a meme collection grade shit, just check the current prices in ebay, original faceplate are crazy expensive.
I still have my 20th anniversary edition, I allways bring it with me for trips and long flights.
>>59513597
bought it around 2010 so price wasn't as outrageous as it might have been nowadays.
not much of a collector, since I don't have the space or money for it, so i was fine selling it. it was fine to carry around like that too, but eh, stopped playing handheld games as a whole.
>>59504372
Genuinely such a comfy little thing. I still have a 1GB and a 256MB one, both working.
If they ever re-released with larger or expandable memory I'd be all over it.
>>59513494
this was my first smartphone
it was pretty nice, that full metal body was sexy.
>>59503797
wtc?
>ywn own a tandem
I wish I didn't lose it, this was my first computer.
>>59514003
whatcha think of my case?
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>>59514347
Fairground Computer Show Special/10
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>>59514371
thats a better pic
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>>59514347
idk why they are sideways
i had fixed them
>>59503797
I used to have the black one
>>59513197
and that kinda looks like the Thinking Machines CM-5 in the background in jurassic park
>also thread hit pic limit
>>59512746
Best watch ever.
I got a Seiko 5 and I keep wearing my Casio.
>>59514497
> I keep wearing my Casio.
Because it's a beater. Hell I can go to sleep with it
>>59507494
BRING BACK CLEARCASES DAMNIT
>>59508277
I still want one of those japanese-style flip phones
Know if they're available anywhere?
>>59513286
Ayy
Still got mine, the Famicom edition; faceplate is all scratched to shit though :(
new thread?
>>59509960
I want to have sexual intercourse with that computer
>>59514569
same
it never looked obsolete
instead they go for black plastic spraypainted silver oftentimes
memeceos
>>59503797
must be beige, seafoam green, or teal
>>59514646
making one right now
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>>59504086
we miss the modularity that isn't as present today in popular culture and designs. 90% of people want there computer small and thin and fast because it is convenient. modularity brings some form of inconvenience which is why it isn't popular. Wabi Sabi friend.
>>59508114
love my Alien mod
>>59504574
>tfw no fingerbox threads ;_;
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>>59508485
Why have shitty fingerbox threads when we can have comfy skub threads?
Checkmate, boxfags.
>>59505149
gorgeous
>>59503797
>golden brown
Looks pretty fucking red to me.
>>59510879
>tfw you could record radio on it
>>59504127
Looks like a dog penis
>>59503908
>that watch is going for $2700
FeelsBadMan
>>59508805
Probably because it was from a slightly different set but it also works with that one.
>>59504633
>pocket size reel-to-reel
Now i want to know the quality of the recording on that tiny tape.
>>59505394
Shame you don't have the record player, but I can imagine why, as that thing could also function without the other gears. As i suspect the other parts, since one time I had to re-calibrate the rotor of the LP, so i detached from the rest of the modules.
>>59514416
the program you used doesn't actually rearrange the pixels. it sets some rotation bits in the header that some programs don't bother with.
>>59514767
literally /g/ in a nutshell
>>59504266
Oh god, I had one of these.
For anyone not aware, the pieces are magnetic and it uses that to record where they are on its onboard memory -- it could even play against you, or run in 'tutor mode'
>>59513657
>since I don't have the space or money for it
Bank foreclosed on your pockets?
>>59503661
>mixed the chance to call it the palm top tiger
>>59504044
I'm gonna need more information on that Dave.
>>59504309
only thing I think of when see this is
IM BLUE
ABA DE ABA DI
>>59503884
I work here!
>>59524938
Pics or it didn't happen.
>>59525627
Idk if you're assuming I work at a museum, but I work at Cray. What pic would even prove that? I don't work in an engineering or data facility.
>>59507813
fuck OS 7/8/9 were comfy.
>>59526983
I thought you were a museum employee or something. If not engineering, what do you do for a living at Cray mate?
>>59514608
japan
they still use them b t w
>>59508114
>vaping
>gear that looks like transformers
gayyyyyyyyyyyyy
>>59510660
>4 cosmonauts died
>14 astronauts both died in shuttles
Soviet space record is FAR safer.
>>59513262
It was certainly considered for the Apollo Applications Program but in the end NASA and the military really wanted their space "plane"
>>59504211
looks like shit, fuck you faggot, beige is fucking gay
>>59510421
stfu apple shill. no one wants your shitty old fagintosh shitbox
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>>59531856
>NASA and the military really wanted their space "plane"
And that's the reason the ISS is a faiilure. The shuttle couldn't reach the original orbit, so they had to run it lower and so it needed more fuel to maintain altitude.
>>59503815
I actually had that for a while before the laser blew out
It was so fucking nice
>>59510421
already have a couple of those actually, a 400, a 450 and a pretty rare 500 that was the fastest of the original single-socket run that was only on the market for like 3-4 months before it got shitcanned for the mystic refresh
have almost every speed grade of the G3 power macs too except for the fucking 450, I want a nice loaded one to replace my overclocked rev. B 400 and match the rest of the set
keep it and get some shit from the macintosh garden for it, they're surprisingly useful as shitposting devices and email checkers at the very least