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Diehl Alphatronic from 1970s – a rare computer from a German arms maker, and a rare green keyboard with very weird (but pretty) keys.
(If Alphatronic sounds cool to you, you might like the company’s overall naming scheme: calcuseum.com/SCRAPBOOK/BRAN…)
(If Alphatronic sounds cool to you, you might like the company’s overall naming scheme: calcuseum.com/SCRAPBOOK/BRAN…)
Is it time for Olivetti again? This is Olivetti Editor 2 from 1968, available in six colours. That white spacebar!
A classic telephone keypad with a few extra keys for Autovon, an American military telephone system.
I love all of those letterforms.
The new keys? “After a nuclear attack,” you could press P to get a priority phone call even if the lines were busy. cryptomuseum.com/phone/autovon/…
I love all of those letterforms.
The new keys? “After a nuclear attack,” you could press P to get a priority phone call even if the lines were busy. cryptomuseum.com/phone/autovon/…
Olivetti Miram 100 telephone, from 1988. (A few other colour combinations were also available.)
A classic, small Mercedes Selekta from 1930s, with Russian legends and typebars. A keyboard and case this shiny was a serious ergonomic nightmare and there’s a reason we moved away from these – but it looks amazing in photos!
A rather uncommon stenotyping keyboard known as Princess-Steno. It had a bit of a career on German TV:
Oh, wow. Honeywell H-632 from 1968.
I know its keyboard is a repackaged Teletype 33, but look at all that YELLOW.
I know its keyboard is a repackaged Teletype 33, but look at all that YELLOW.
@lapetino I don’t know how many people will like the appearance of this brutalist 1960s electric typewriter… but I do love it a lot.
I always thought Apple IIc had a very, very pretty keyboard.
