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ElectriClerk Computer Of The Future

Posted by timothy on from the depends-what-you-call-future dept.

ElDuderino44137 points out this "Fully functional retrofitted prop computer." Chocolate / peanut butter, Mac SE / Underwood. This is no spray-paint job.

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  1. 1988 Mac married to a 1923 Typewriter ... by mios · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... still looks hotter than the latest Dell box I've seen ... and who ever said Apple Computers just look sexy from the outside ... hey ... if you zoom up in on the monitor of that picture, I think I can make out the AmigaOS 4 AmiDock running on the bottom of there ...

  2. Re:Wow... by Have+Blue · · Score: 4, Insightful

    The site is already Slashdotted (with 1 comment!)

    I really wish people would stop being amazed at that. What's obviously going on is that the site has been slashdotted by subscribers who see the article before us freeloaders, as the front page constantly reminds us.

  3. Where's the pneumatic tube? by Animats · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The original had a pneumatic tube attachment.

  4. Re:The Animatrix by kfg · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Though why build it with old circa 1980s Mac parts instead of present tech escapes me.

    Because it's there.

    KFG

  5. Re:That Mac SE probably runs *better* now... by gb506 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've supported hundreds of pre-jobs departure fanless macs and I've *NEVER* had one overheat in normal operating environments... Please dig deeper into the bag to find some reality-based crap to fling, cuz this is FUD.

  6. Moreover by Galvatron · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The largest surge of traffic is going to occur when the site first becomes available to non-subscribers. In other words, if the site lives past the first 2-3 comments, it'll probably stay up.

    --
    "The question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than that of whether a submarine can swim" -EWD