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I've seen tons (quite literally!) of ancient computers, but the sight of the LGP-30 still surprised me. When I saw it, I thought more along the lines of jukebox

• nerdponx 4y ago
  I'm definitely used to seeing "retro" computers from the 60s and 70s on the Web, but not from the 1950s. It's really jarring to me, to see what looks to me like "WWII era" or "Korean War era" styling on a computer (that isn't the size of an entire room). The fact that its input and output device looks like a traditional typewriter and not a modern computer keyboard/printer combo thing is also a weird mix of older and newer styles. It's a really interesting transitional era in design, technology, and culture all at once. And I feel like this computer is straddling both sides of all 3 transitions. It feels like a link to a past that is otherwise locked away in a handful of black-and-white photos. I love it. The PDP is also cool, if only because the colors and styling are so clearly "of that era". I love how chunky and rectangular the design feels, without seeming bulky, paired with the bright orange and yellow. Those switches look like they'd be really satisfying to flip, like the switches on the electric organ in my family friend's parents' basement that they had when I was a kid (this kind: https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Nzk0WDEwMjQ=/z/Vo8AAOSwqMtdzDYV/$_86.JPG https://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/Nzk0WDEwMjQ=/z/Vo8AAOSwqMtdzDYV/$...).