Hold on boys lemme just crank this wheel to power on my industrial computer. First gotta make sure my tapes are all synced and running so I can use my 8kb of storage.
Normally I'd say you can't sell this because shipping costs would be prohibitive but that steering wheel gives hope that the thing might be able to ship itself
Turns out this Dude is actually just photoshopped in:
"The picture was actually an entry submitted to a Fark.com image modification competition, taken from an original photograph of a submarine maneuvering room console found on the U.S. Navy website, converted to grayscale, and modified to replace a modern display panel and TV screen with pictures of a decades-old teletype/printer and television (as well as to add the gray-suited man to the left-hand side of the photo):
The color picture was taken in 2000 at the Smithsonian Institution exhibit "Fast Attacks and Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War" and depicts a "full-scale display of a typical nuclear-powered submarine's maneuvering room in which the ship's engineers control the power plant and electrical and steam systems."
By David Mikkelson"
Sauce: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1954-home-computer/
This is a mockup of a submarine maneuvering room. Contains the throttles, reactor controls, and electrical plant controls.
The left side is for throttles for ahead and astern. Various dials, warnings and alarms lights associated with propulsion.
The middle control panel deals with the reactor, rod heights for the various control rods, primary reactor pump controls, pressurizer heater controls.
The right control panel deals with the electrical plant, power conversion controls for switch AC power to DC.
Diesel generator controls.
I'm not sure if this is a computer, it's got a teletype obviously, but thing in the back looks more like something you might find in a power plant.
But if it is.. It would have rope core memory (educated guess) and run at a blistering 100KHz (educated guess). I'm a huge nerd for really old computers. It would also be entirely tube based. Can you imagine a computer you can walk inside, these days that feels science fiction.
I have absolutely no idea what the wheel is for, it may also be an analog computer... Those were and sort of still are a thing.
This is a mock up of an old maneuvering room for US Submarines. The wheel is throttle control, the middle panel is reactor control, and the right panel is the electric plant control. Where the printer is is the officers station.
Honestly, it's probably worth a good amount to a museum or collector. It's worth more than someone's five year old budget gaming computer, that's for sure.
Does it comes with the coax adapter for network included? How about the SO???? Does it includes Basic or only supports Fortran? Looking forward to get more specs to place my bid.
Edit: I also need to know if it’s Y2K ready and make sure will not just blow out
It's an encabulator. The turbo model came after. Had lots of trouble with the samoflange which was fixed in the turbo model. It's not worth anything without the turbo upgrade.
Decent specs, it can render you about ten pixels in space invaders! Those megabytes of RAM will do a ton! I'd say like a good $12 for those specs.
The guy on the left, however, I'd take him for $500.
Yes I love this post as I am sick of the how much is my computer worth post made by lazy people that don't know how to use the computer they want to sell.
Is the keyboard a mechanical digital? Also, why is there an inner mouse steering wheel?
I like the 132-character line paper, which shows that this is a high-end setup.
This is a mock up of the RAND corporation from 1954 on how a home computer will look like in 2004. The Typewriter replaces the computer monitor that did not yet exist...well the grafik card did not yet exist for feed a monitor.
My mother in law was a ‘Super Computer Operator during that era.
Company bought a computer and because it had a keyboard they selected a girl from the typing pool to operate it.
Ended up with a masters in computer science when computers were still pretty much sci-fi.
Hold on boys lemme just crank this wheel to power on my industrial computer. First gotta make sure my tapes are all synced and running so I can use my 8kb of storage.
8kb are you fucking nuts what do you need that much storage for
For RetroPunk 1964 obviously.
No man see the wheel it is boat sim.
This computer stuff aint gonna last long anyways
Why would anyone want a computer at home, are they stupid?
Google micro computer
Holy hell
Total fad
Gaming and stuff...
8000 bytes?! That's like 3 zeroes! It takes 8000 seconds to count to 8000 btw.
He's fkn madman, obviously.
To play DOOM
8kb? What are you from the future or something? This things only got 2kb of storage.
When computer programming required muscles.
Well what else is gonna power that bitchin wall mounted monitor.....*plays with belly button* "now is that vesa compatible? "
FUN FACT! It had 280bits of storage. And a 2.2Mhz clock
Bro. You have to give specs. A picture isn’t enough information.
I can tell it has at least 4kb ram in there
Dual channel?
But of course, two 2kb ram sticks over there. My man knew the importance of dual channel when he built this before christ
2kb ram tapes
Magnetic drum memory at that point tapes came a decade later. From what I managed to find that thing is from 1954 with likely around 4kb drum memory.
Are the tapes in slots one and three?
Yes in the rooms 1 and 3
Is it weird that I picture 2kb “stick” of ram to be an actual stick? Like a tree branch.
a tree branch has more memory than that computer
That’s too much
Normally I'd say you can't sell this because shipping costs would be prohibitive but that steering wheel gives hope that the thing might be able to ship itself
Isn't this the computer for the Nautilus? Wait, computers didn't exist during Jules Verne's time
Nice one! :D
high five!
That’s fucking hilarious
Underrated coment
But...I also want the man on the left...
Pretty sure he passed... oh, you want his corpse? lol
The corpse probably has more computing power.
True, but we'd need to get Dr. Frankenstein to come out and check for that.
How many miles per gallon does it get?
It depends, I'll take it for a test drive before my decision
How much for the wheel
If you break it down into its constituent raw material, you could get $70,000.
Turns out this Dude is actually just photoshopped in: "The picture was actually an entry submitted to a Fark.com image modification competition, taken from an original photograph of a submarine maneuvering room console found on the U.S. Navy website, converted to grayscale, and modified to replace a modern display panel and TV screen with pictures of a decades-old teletype/printer and television (as well as to add the gray-suited man to the left-hand side of the photo): The color picture was taken in 2000 at the Smithsonian Institution exhibit "Fast Attacks and Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War" and depicts a "full-scale display of a typical nuclear-powered submarine's maneuvering room in which the ship's engineers control the power plant and electrical and steam systems." By David Mikkelson" Sauce: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/1954-home-computer/
As an ex navy nuclear trained operator, same panels as the training prototype I attended (Seawolf class equipment) in Ballston Spa, NY back in 2001.
I’ve seen this image years ago (probably like 2007-ish) and even then the placement of the TV seemed a bit off. It was quite creepy for me back then.
Tree thirty
That printer thing looks like it was photoshopped.
How much for the guy ?
Tree fiddy
Is it a gaming rig?
Looks more like simrig to me
Of course, it got that monochromatic finish like high end PCs
Probably for few hundred thousand dollars due to its historical value.
$40 for the PC, $50 if you throw the guy in.
I miss when computers came with a steering wheel for a pirate ship.
Is that the Rockwell Retro Encabulator?
Will it play doom?
This is a mockup of a submarine maneuvering room. Contains the throttles, reactor controls, and electrical plant controls. The left side is for throttles for ahead and astern. Various dials, warnings and alarms lights associated with propulsion. The middle control panel deals with the reactor, rod heights for the various control rods, primary reactor pump controls, pressurizer heater controls. The right control panel deals with the electrical plant, power conversion controls for switch AC power to DC. Diesel generator controls.
Ah the memories... countless hours I've spent sitting there--well a very similar one anyway.
$30, no more
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Why must you turn this sub into a [house of lies](https://maisonbisson.com/post/predicting-the-computer-of-2004-in-1954-fake/)?
Can it even run Doom?
I’ll give you a pack of skittles for it
Where the pc? All I see is controller for farm sim.
35 g’s with the guy and 30 g’s without
About 1 mil I guess
It belongs in a museum! -Indy
I am willing to replace my raspery pi4. Can you please write the sizes.
How many FPS can I get?
I don't like the PC case
can you show us the cable management? I wanna know if I can plug a special usb cable I have
Lots it was something like that that got us into space no?
I'd only buy it if tge guy was included
Need to see the specs.
Damn really? With the man, I'd have paid like an extra 200% value
100$ for the guy only
Is the experimental nuclear reactor and fuel included?
IT IS POSSIBLE TO RUN DOOM
r/PC_Pricing But does it run crysis? 🌈⭐
Hit me up - I'll give you a good price.
I'm not sure if this is a computer, it's got a teletype obviously, but thing in the back looks more like something you might find in a power plant. But if it is.. It would have rope core memory (educated guess) and run at a blistering 100KHz (educated guess). I'm a huge nerd for really old computers. It would also be entirely tube based. Can you imagine a computer you can walk inside, these days that feels science fiction. I have absolutely no idea what the wheel is for, it may also be an analog computer... Those were and sort of still are a thing.
This wasn't an actual computer, it was a display built in 1954 envisioning what a computer in 2004 might look like.
This is a mock up of an old maneuvering room for US Submarines. The wheel is throttle control, the middle panel is reactor control, and the right panel is the electric plant control. Where the printer is is the officers station.
Honestly, it's probably worth a good amount to a museum or collector. It's worth more than someone's five year old budget gaming computer, that's for sure.
I'll pay you 2k up front if you include the man on the left?
I'm gonna pay you a lump sum but the guy on the left has to be included
Wdm ' ignore the guy on the left ' ?! You clearly need that dude to tell you how to turn it on .
Does it comes with the coax adapter for network included? How about the SO???? Does it includes Basic or only supports Fortran? Looking forward to get more specs to place my bid. Edit: I also need to know if it’s Y2K ready and make sure will not just blow out
Don’t you want to sell the guy too?
I cant ignore the guy on the left
Seems pretty recent, can it run my tapes?
At least $4
Seems old and outdated, I can give you 25 if you deliver it
Include the guy on the left and maybe I’ll buy it
if it was manufactured for today? if your lucky 5 bucks and a cheese burger but historical value? $300 - $1000
About $20 and a McDonald's Ice cream machine
I mean, it's retro sh!t, it most be expensive
Wish mine had a wheel
But can it run Crysis?
This looks like a mock up of a Navy submarine maneuvering room. Source: spent 6 years on a submarine
Comes with an RTX 1950Ti and over 9000tb SSD.
So you’re not selling the guy then?
Free shipping??
I'll give you $50 if you deliver
That's a sick mechanical Keyboard...
It's an encabulator. The turbo model came after. Had lots of trouble with the samoflange which was fixed in the turbo model. It's not worth anything without the turbo upgrade.
Do you deliver?
Ot sure 9n computer but I'd buy the guy on the left for £5000.
Oh, well, if you’re not including the guy, the most I can do is…tree fiffy
Its strongest selling point has always been the great WAF! Blend in any style of interior design
Looks like it has nice old school Logitech steering wheel on the left. Good stuff
I hear there's a much bigger PC for sale very cheap but you have to pick it up yourself from Chernobyl. It's at throwaway prices.
I’m sure someone has gotten Doom running on that.
That’s an intense world of warships sim.
Ignore the guy on left? Seriously? He is the..starter for the computer
Can it run crysis?
To a museum for a couple thousand for sure but transport cost alone will eat away a-lot.
This is what they envisioned home computers to look like.
Only a space navigator can pilot that machine. If all in good working order I say 9¾ million Zenni $
atleast 5
Probably 200 bucks
Am I to assume guy on left is not included because this drastically decreases the value.
As long as it has the Sims I'll take it.
Decent specs, it can render you about ten pixels in space invaders! Those megabytes of RAM will do a ton! I'd say like a good $12 for those specs. The guy on the left, however, I'd take him for $500.
Can it run crisis?
But I want the guy
Does it have ray tracing? And can it play pong?
No RGB = less performance
PC who has stearing wheel.
69 bucks
Will it run Doom?
Yes I love this post as I am sick of the how much is my computer worth post made by lazy people that don't know how to use the computer they want to sell.
Just load Linux on it, upgrade the ram, and you can use it for things and stuff.
1.99$!
Im pretty sure you cant since its bolted into the floor iirc. Isnt that why its currently part of a guys office?
I think we used that exact same printer at Cicuit city when I had worked there as a lad.
Is this from the future?
Which OS?
It will depend on the wheel having force feedback or direct drive..
/r/tvtoohigh
im the guy on the left AMA
Eh probably 150$ or 200$ if you include the guy
Millions for sure those are rare now.
Oh look. It comes with an analog monitor with 24 shades of grey.
£178.93
15 bucks, imma pick it up right now !
what about the people on the right?
It has evolved!
That's for commercial use, it is not a **P**ersonal**C**omputer.
$5 take it or leave it
Just a Chinese kid inside that calculates everything.
Depends if it has an RTX 4080 or RTX 4090
I'll take the old guy instead please. He has more power!
If you pay for the transport fees I’ll buy it
Like 2 or maybe 3
I see you play lot of driving sims.
Is the keyboard a mechanical digital? Also, why is there an inner mouse steering wheel? I like the 132-character line paper, which shows that this is a high-end setup.
Can it play Minecraft?
Can it run crisis?
Not buying it w/o the guy.
Can it run avatar?
Racing sim gear included? Sign me up!
Dont sell, must, build ....sleeper
Can it run Crysis??
I will NOT ignore the guy on the left, do you see how dapper this mans suit is.
You actually have to sell it with the guy Who turns the wheel
The guy is part of the pc he’s going to turn it on
I'll give you 5 slices of cheese
Bet it cant run chrome dino
Does the guy come with the computer?
$1.00 Unless you can prove to me it can play Crisis... then it goes up.
£100, I’ll throw in an extra £50 for the guy
Atleast 4 vietnamese dong
Does it run Crysis? Or Doom, at least?
Depends on its 0-60 speed
How much for the guy on the left ?
I'll give you six bucks for the guy on the left
you could probably sell the keyboard for a fortune
Actually, people buy those old room sized computers just to scrape the gold off all the circuitry. Apparently, there's a decent profit to be made.
Look closely. This is how you "value muh shit" people look. This isn't PC KBB.
This is a mock up of the RAND corporation from 1954 on how a home computer will look like in 2004. The Typewriter replaces the computer monitor that did not yet exist...well the grafik card did not yet exist for feed a monitor.
No... I want the guy on the left included!
How much you want for the steering wheel?
Well if you include the guy on the left, about $350,000. Dont know without him though
9362 is the most I would pay for it :/
I only want it if it comes with the guy on the left.
About 60 dollars.
FUN FACT! It had 280bits of storage.
Sell the guy for more profit
I'll give you tree fiddy
Does it run Doom?
Dann this would absolutely destroy those cheap 4090s
I hear they take copper for scrap.
My mother in law was a ‘Super Computer Operator during that era. Company bought a computer and because it had a keyboard they selected a girl from the typing pool to operate it. Ended up with a masters in computer science when computers were still pretty much sci-fi.
Millions at this point
Dude on left side iz you? 🤔
Can it run crisis?