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@maxleibman I guess I'm alright 😅
@maxleibman (you can even accurately guess my nationality with this picture...)
@corpsmoderne@maxleibman a national icon 😄
@maxleibman Or describing rotary phones, or popper-knockers, or any actual book that has wasn't turned in to a movie or TV show.
@GeePawHill@maxleibman Describing? I have a rotary phone right next to me.
@GeePawHill@maxleibman Yes, it's a German FeTAp 611* connected via a Grandstream HT802 analog to VoIP converter.
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Sadly, I don’t have any late-1960s mainframes or punchcards from then, but our pantry has an early 1990s SGI Espressigo, a Gaggia espresso machine built into an Indigo workstation case, created by our Munich office, mostly found in SGI offices, but a few of us bought them for home.
Sadly, I don’t have any late-1960s mainframes or punchcards from then, but our pantry has an early 1990s SGI Espressigo, a Gaggia espresso machine built into an Indigo workstation case, created by our Munich office, mostly found in SGI offices, but a few of us bought them for home.