Aidan Pryde

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Pics of old Tech Stuff or Art?

January 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Photographer Mark Richards made some astonishing images of old computers inside the Computer History Museum in the Silicon Valley, which are available as a book: Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers.
Core Memory Screenshot 1

I think the devices could as well be synthesizers and noone would be taking any notice. Funny how close design of vintage computers and design of vintage synthesizers really are.

The projects homepage is located at corememoryproject.com and includes some previews of photos you will find in the book. Here you see some screenshots of the page:

Core Memory Screenshot 2
The blue color reminds me of the PPG Wave 2

Core Memory Screenshot 3
A valve preamp? Probably not, but could be

Core Memory Screenshot 4
Looks like an old drum computer doesn’t it?

See these and many more photos inside the book available at amazon: Core Memory: A Visual Survey of Vintage Computers

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