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   Lars Brinkhoff (larsbrinkhoff@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 27-Oct-2025 20:48:10 JST Lars Brinkhoff

   • Alfred M. Szmidt

   Hey @amszmidt, have you seen this?
   Source: https://mitmuseum.mit.edu/collections/subject/computers-general-people-working-on-computers-2080

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 27-Oct-2025 20:48:44 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     @larsbrinkhoff ooo and there are a few more.

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Oct-2025 19:30:14 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     @larsbrinkhoff I would have to agree.

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     Lars Brinkhoff (larsbrinkhoff@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Wednesday, 29-Oct-2025 19:30:15 JST Lars Brinkhoff

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     • Alfred M. Szmidt

     @amszmidt I would say the right one is a Knight TV, would you agree? Both have the "old keyboard", i.e. Knight.

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Oct-2025 19:02:38 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     @larsbrinkhoff Could be. Hard to say anything without a rough date -- the CONS was scrapped very quickly though. LCHESS was period with CONS (and didn't get much use on the CADR AFAIK).

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     Lars Brinkhoff (larsbrinkhoff@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 31-Oct-2025 19:02:39 JST Lars Brinkhoff

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     • Alfred M. Szmidt

     @amszmidt Alan Bawden wrote:

     "The original CONS machine used a Knight TV monitor in addition to a Knight keyboard, so this could be the room where the CONS and original CADR machine consoles were located. The Lisp machines themselves were in the room next door along with Greenblatt's Chess machine -- so possibly this picture was taken during some experimenting with the Chess machine. No clue who the guy in the picture is."

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Oct-2025 19:08:12 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     @larsbrinkhoff Could the person in the picture be KWC?

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     Alfred M. Szmidt (amszmidt@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 31-Oct-2025 19:58:45 JST Alfred M. Szmidt

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     @larsbrinkhoff Yes, the monitor didn't have a case.

     See e.g., https://tumbleweed.nu/lm-3/pictures/1981-01-15-mit-cadr.jpg

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     Lars Brinkhoff (larsbrinkhoff@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 31-Oct-2025 19:58:46 JST Lars Brinkhoff

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     • Alfred M. Szmidt

     @amszmidt Is the case made out of cardboard?!?

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     Weekend Editor (weekend_editor@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 01-Nov-2025 12:27:27 JST Weekend Editor

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     • Alfred M. Szmidt

     @larsbrinkhoff @amszmidt

     I like how the corners are carefully rounded off.

     Some quality cardboard workmanship, there.