Darn! I really wanted one of those--really liked the large toggle
wheel that thing has.

--- In columbusconsortium@yahoogroups.com, Pelzig <pelzig@g...> wrote:
>
> I'm such a rube.
>
> http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp
>
>
> The picture is actually a "vintage" year-2000 shot of a nuclear
submarine
> control room, as seen on the website of the U.S. Navy:
>
>
> http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/news/news_stories/sub-centen02.html
>
>
> The picture was modified as an entry to one of the many photo-alteration
> contests on fark.com, by the following steps:
>
>
> Converted to grayscale.
>
>
> Added gray-suited man to left of photo.
>
>
> Overlaid monitor with console TV, and keyboard with teletype-printer
setup.
>
>
> The giveaway is the difference in pixel density; the console TV is taken
> from an older (and grainier) image, while the teletype-printer setup is
> trimmed from (most likely) a catalog of the day.
>
>
> Of course, the fact that the man is standing crookedly, the paper
doesn't
> interface correctly with the table, the console's been covered with a
> computerized fill pattern, and the room beyond is still shown with
its many
> consoles doesn't help it any.
>
>
>
> On 12/24/05, Pelzig <pelzig@g...> wrote:
> > http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a369/nanasha/Computer001.jpg
> >
> > From 1954 Popular Mechanics:
> >
> > "Scientists from the RAND Corporation have created this
> > model to illustrate how a "home computer" could look like in the
year 2004.
> > However the needed technology will not be economically feasible
for the
> > average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the computer will
> > require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 10 years
from now
> > scientific progress is expected to solve these problems. With teletype
> > interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use."
> >
>