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   Keelan (keelan@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 04:26:16 JST Keelan

   What is this? This is a GPS receiver made by Trimble, one of the biggest GPS companies. Why is it shaped like an ambulance? Good question. This is a 6 channel GPS receiver from 1993, which was relatively early for consumer GPS tech. On the back is a Motorola 68HC000 and 64k of RAM. Look it even has a little red light on top. And a silk screened steering wheel.

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     Martin (micron@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 10:30:22 JST Martin

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     @keelan This is a PCB in a CNC controller sold in 1989 by german machine builder Schmoll. The machine this belonged to cost probably 300-400k Euros in todays money. PCB designers had definitely more fun back then.

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