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VANITY: Modern Computer Technology (1954/2004)
Email ^ | 1954 | RAND Corp.

Posted on 11/30/2004 5:10:58 PM PST by Fiddlstix

I received this in an Email today. I just thought I'd like to share it with you J

Fifty Years ago (1954) This is what the "Great" RAND Corporation (Think Tank) thought a "Home Computer" would look like in the year 2004..............

The Modern 'Home Computer' of 2004 AD: (The Gospel According to RAND; 1954 AD)
Click the Pic


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KEYWORDS: humor
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My! How Times Change! ROFL!
(I was just entering my 'teen years back then...........)
I remember this kind of Stuff very well.....

Enjoy J

1 posted on 11/30/2004 5:10:58 PM PST by Fiddlstix
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To: Fiddlstix

Add an LCD monitor to it, and it's just like mine. Amazing foresight.


2 posted on 11/30/2004 5:12:30 PM PST by G32
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To: Fiddlstix

I WANT ONE!


3 posted on 11/30/2004 5:13:05 PM PST by Free_at_last_-2001 (is clinton in jail yet?)
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To: Fiddlstix

Having worked with Microsft and Logitech mice for years, that big old Pontiac style steering wheel is looking pretty good to me...


4 posted on 11/30/2004 5:13:06 PM PST by jscd3
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To: Fiddlstix

Wow, that's the same computer I'm using right now!


5 posted on 11/30/2004 5:13:35 PM PST by MisterRepublican ("I must go. I must be elusive.")
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To: Fiddlstix

Wow.

Just Wow.


6 posted on 11/30/2004 5:14:12 PM PST by SE Mom (God Bless our troops.)
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To: Fiddlstix
ROFLMAO!!!!

What's the wheel for I wonder.....

7 posted on 11/30/2004 5:14:37 PM PST by KoRn
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To: G32


BWAHAHAHAHA!
8 posted on 11/30/2004 5:14:46 PM PST by Dallas59 ("A weak peace is worse than war" - Tacitcus)
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To: Fiddlstix; Jim Robinson; blam; SunkenCiv; mhking; MeekOneGOP; Brad's Gramma; All


9 posted on 11/30/2004 5:14:55 PM PST by Fiddlstix (This Tagline for sale. (Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Fiddlstix

I get the TV glued to the wall, and the "teletype interface". I can even imagine all the gauges, but WHAT'S WITH THE STEERING WHEEL ???


10 posted on 11/30/2004 5:15:19 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Fiddlstix
A frickin' steering wheel? Steering right into the 21st century (or into the "blue screen of death").
11 posted on 11/30/2004 5:15:24 PM PST by jdm (Stockhausen, Kagel, Xenakis -- world capitals or avant-garde composers?)
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To: Fiddlstix
Hoax!!
12 posted on 11/30/2004 5:15:38 PM PST by pookie18 (Clinton Happens!)
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If that screen is actually blue in a color photo, they would have been 1 step closer...


13 posted on 11/30/2004 5:16:02 PM PST by LearnsFromMistakes
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I thought it might be a hoax.. :( But you had to ruin the fun.. :((


14 posted on 11/30/2004 5:16:12 PM PST by G32
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To: Fiddlstix

Is that a steering wheel attached to the side there? For driving on the information highway, I presume...


15 posted on 11/30/2004 5:16:32 PM PST by WestVirginiaRebel ("Nature abhors a moron."-H.L. Mencken)
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To: Dallas59

Beyond their wildest dreams.

16 posted on 11/30/2004 5:16:37 PM PST by Rebelbase (Who is General Chat?)
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To: KoRn
"What's the (steering) wheel for I wonder....."
It runs the anti-virus software.
17 posted on 11/30/2004 5:17:01 PM PST by jdm (Stockhausen, Kagel, Xenakis -- world capitals or avant-garde composers?)
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To: pookie18

Hoax!! - Don't care I still want one!


18 posted on 11/30/2004 5:17:30 PM PST by Free_at_last_-2001 (is clinton in jail yet?)
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To: pookie18

D'oh!


19 posted on 11/30/2004 5:17:42 PM PST by Rebelbase (Who is General Chat?)
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To: Free_at_last_-2001

Hey! My computer doesn't have a steering wheel! Where can I get an MS XP compatible steering wheel??


20 posted on 11/30/2004 5:17:52 PM PST by lafroste (gravity is not a force, dangit)
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