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Questions tagged [identify-this-computer]

Requests to identify a historical computer. Whole, self-contained machines only; use [identify-this-card] instead for extension cards.

If seeking to identify a particular retrocomputer, please give as much information as possible in order to help readers give an identification.

Describe the machine and the approximate date of release. Give a photograph if possible.

Please use a meaningful title, preferably incorporating any key words found on the machine (or at least the form factor, e.g. "mainframe" or "portable"); just writing "Please identify this computer" doesn't help your question stand out from the others!

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What kind of keyboard or computer am I typing on?

What am I typing on? Is it a peripheral for the ZX81 in the back, or is it a computer in its own right?
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What's the terminal/home computer used as a prop in the computer school in Superman 3?

The DenOfGeek article [Brew2013] has screen captures from the movie Superman III, in particular the early scenes in the movie where character Gus Gorman is at computer programming school. The terminal used appears to be a real terminal, attached to…
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What computer was used in Weird Science?

In the 1985 movie Weird Science, two teenage boys use a computer to create a girlfriend (Kelly Le Brock). I've seen that movie 20 times or so but I still couldn't make out what computer they use. I realize the graphics of the computer (along with…
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Identify these old accounting machines

My mom is an accountant and when I was a child I remember that she had at her work some odd accounting machines. I wish to identify what those were, but unfortunately the bits and pieces she remembers aren't much. Here's what I found out: Time:…
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Is this a mini computer, a novelty monitor or something else?

I saw this in the background of a video and I'm wondering what kind of device this is. It looks like a small pink CRT monitor with some keyboard-like buttons and was playing an animation.
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Operation Flashpoint Laptop

In the 2001 video game, Operation Flashpoint, there is a laptop that appears in the menu: What's the name of that laptop? The game was released in 2001, and the story is set in 1985 during the Cold War. Sorry, but I cant rip the model for now, so…
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What is the name of this computer? (Bell Laboratories, 1954)

Science Photo Library says that this photograph of Claude Shannon was taken in Bell Laboratories in 1954. What is the name of the computer behind him?
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Does this computer have a steering wheel?

I don't really know what the round object is, but it certainly resembles an old-time steering wheel. This image was used as an example at this page. I don't know what its original source was, it is uncited. I'm not even entirely certain this is…
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Help identifying a very old computer: 1974, maybe an NCR

I am confident of most of the following information except oddly the manufacturer. I think that it was NCR but I am not quite sure. I have no idea of the model. The machine had 32k of memory but 24 bit words not bytes. "Byte" was not yet in my…
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SAG Computer: What System is it?

I recently saw an TV old advert (1983) from an Italian company, called SAGA, that sells a so-called SAG computer. It looks like a microcomputer for SMB, with bundled software. Does anyone know what kind of system this is?
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What commercial computers were based on the MC88100 and MC88110?

I'm wondering how many computers were based on the MC88100 and MC88110 processors that were released commercially. As of now, i've found the MVMe boards and Luna88K(+) computers exist, but that's about it, and am curious what other machines based on…
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Identify computer seen in Wikipedia

I remember browsing in WikiPedia a year or two ago and found an interesting old computer running some UNIX or similar os, where the screenshot of the terminal was amusing because it was a computer or an account named my family name or very close to…
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Identify Terminals Used in this Music Video

I was watching music videos on YouTube and noticed these machines in the video for the song Who's Behind the Door by the band Zebra. The song was released on their album in 1983, but I don't know when the video was made. They're an American band…
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Which computer is used in this NCIS episode?

My wife is a fan of NCIS and I just watched an episode of the Los Angeles version with her. In it, the bad guys take over a nuclear launch control center. They try to re-target the missiles. They appear to be using Commodore 64s but we don't get…
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Power supply of SGM Regia 2048

I need to identify the power supply type, or at least the voltages, for our lighting control desk SGM Regia 2048. The power supply burnt down and I need to find a replacement. Do you recognize the connector? The control desk should be built from…
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