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Your comment reminded me of some amazing photos of a Sony MSX machine: https://mobile.twitter.com/AttractMode/status/1103852208192409600 https://mobile.twitter.

• bane 8y ago
  Some of Sony's MSX machines are some of the most beautiful computing devices ever made IMHO.
• puzzle 8y ago
  Sony had probably the most stylish designs among MSX manufacturers. They were not afraid of using curves compared to e.g. Philips' boxier style. There was some other interesting stuff in the 80s, like the systems from Apricot (formerly ACT). There was the Portable http://s11.photobucket.com/user/ballsandy/media/Computer%20related/Apricot/100_2162.jpg.html http://s11.photobucket.com/user/ballsandy/media/Computer%20r... (uncropped at https://cs9.pikabu.ru/post_img/big/2016/10/15/5/1476517900137950723.png https://cs9.pikabu.ru/post_img/big/2016/10/15/5/147651790013... ) which also had voice recognition, or the Xen http://www.1000bit.it/lista/a/act/apricot_xen-i.jpg http://www.1000bit.it/lista/a/act/apricot_xen-i.jpg which had programmable keys and LCD screen on the keyboard.
  • mmjaa 8y ago
    Goodness, those Apricot machines are absolutely delightful. I wish there were manufacturers with the balls to try such things again ..
• JohnBooty 8y ago
  Oh my goodness, that's incredible.