I saw this at a museum so I asked the owner what it was. She had no idea so I'm asking you.
https://www.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing
>>54823705
huh, I dunno, looks wierd lol
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>>54823705
no clue
Its for ball torture and its awesome.
It's a typograph
Rotary typewriter, the whole cylinder of keys rotates instead of having them all come to one point.
Issue is that these had a longer key press than cherry Browns will ever have
>>54823705
Original thinkpad prototype
>>54823819
This
Put your nutsack in the hole and start typing
That a tippy tappy typer.
>>54823705
It's a typewriter you stupid bag of cocks.
>>54823705
That is a musical instrument works on clicking those buttons which will leads to touch the copper wires to produce a ringing voices used with a group to form a Symphony, I'm a dog i have no idea what I'm writing..
>>54823705
Jewish piano
A mechanical keyboard
Tell me wtf this thing does in one sentence.
>>54825576
It's some kind of engine that does something different - it was invented by some Babbage guy.
>>54825576
arithmetic
Does it even work though? I heard Babbage never finished it, not even the design
>>54825576
machine of Lum the Mad
>>54825576
big ass calculator
>>54825576
Meat grinder
>>54823838
Don't show that to a hipster, or he will switch to one
>>54825576
Germany's entrant for Eurovision, Herr Glockenspiel.
>>54825576
Babbage's partially complete MECHANICAL Calculator.