#antique technology

[radiomuseum]

DuPont No.2 blasting machine (detonator) made circa 1900

It still works too!

[raised-by-tv]

FS-A1GT MSX, 1992 Panasonic

The final MSX computer produced. 

[radiomuseum]

Bell MFG. Company double box oak wall telephone, made in 1908

[radiomuseum]

Sears & Roebuck stereoscope card viewer from 1902.  Basically an early form of 3D / virtual reality viewing. It would take two images at slightly different angles and combine them into one 3D image. The technology had been around since the 1850s but reached peak popularity in the late 1800s / early 1900s

[raised-by-tv]

FS-A1ST MSX, 1990 Panasonic

The second to last MSX model made.

[darklylocker]

Inside the Sapphire R-91: First Look

Adventures With a Rowe R-91, The Weglein Musik Machine After serving lunch over at the Warren County Senior Center, I dropped by Stone Branch Center for the Arts to take a look at the Juke Box. The director had purchased it from Facebook Marketplace the day prior for $100. There weren’t many details, but I suspected it to be an AMi Rowe R-91 Jukebox. We later found that although it was…

Inside the Sapphire R-91: First Look

[darklylocker]

CSS, Jukeboxes, and Flags

Today was one of those days where life quietly shifted direction without asking permission first. Nothing dramatic happened. No major announcement. No singular defining event. Yet by the end of the night, things somehow felt different. Dreamy Audio Yesterday had been long, and I woke up this morning feeling groggy and disconnected. I had an odd dream lingering in my head. It was the kind that…

CSS, Jukeboxes, and Flags

[slashdementia7734]

Antique Retouching Desk Was Photoshop for 19th Century Photographers

Forget Photoshop, get a pencil!

"Hey Trevor! Take your fucking A.I. pencil & ram it up your pee-hole".