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The computer history museum has a gallery wall of buttons i would commit louvre heist crimes to obtain
Dec 27 at 10:51pmWeb
Show threadhistoric drystone sheep dykeDec 27
We gotta bring back logos like this
Show threadhistoric drystone sheep dykeDec 28
Anyway we’re in a throuple with Jeeves now
Show threadhistoric drystone sheep dykeDec 28
This is how we should be controlling our computers in 2025
Show threadEthan MarcotteDec 28
@hannah every single post in this thread has such We Used To Live In A Society energy
Show threadhistoric drystone sheep dykeDec 28
@beep you’re gonna love this display case
Show threadEthan MarcotteDec 28
@hannah —I’m pricing out glass cutters on ebay, no reason
Show threadCarlana ​Dec 28
@hannah @beep I feel like shit. I just want her back.
Show threadWernerDec 29
@hannah
I have that Myst box!
@beep
Show threadmcaloneyDec 29
@hannah @beep my god, this is amazing. But also: imagine actually *keeping* an AOL disc (they did make for cool coasters, though)
Show threadJosh JusticeDec 30
@hannah @beep ooh i should get a Netscape navigator box 💚
Show threadDan Fixes Coin-OpsDec 28
@hannah you put your chin on the ball and the eight buttons are done with your teefs by tilting your head side to side
Show threadeyajpngDec 28
@ifixcoinops @hannah just like in neuromancer
Show threadSkaveRat 🐀 Dec 28

@ifixcoinops @hannah ah, common misconception by poor product design.

You actually have to bite down on the ball and use your nose for the buttons.

The bite force resolution was 8 bit, or "one byte per bite" as the promotion material prominently claimed

Show threadtatiana Dec 28
@hannah … with spaceballs ?
Show threadsungoDec 28
@hannah @ifixcoinops that device hurts like hell after about 15 minutes of use, in my experience. it's really difficult to master too.
Show threadMr. Q The Pizza DemonDec 28
@hannah They still make these! Just not as retro future cool looking.
Show threadMrCopilotDec 28

@hannah

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bofhjB5AnzI

Broderbund Software Inc Hand Alt V O 33 sec ZKMS 9303 1:4:89 Ketchum Advertising Red Car

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Show threadSkye WilsonDec 28

@hannah apparently, from what I've found, this was (and is probably still) used in 3D modeling software to manipulate objects in a three-dimensional space, allowing six degrees of freedom (translation and rotation). The buttons are certainly software shortcuts, depending of the software used.

Sounds rad!

Show threadJeff PummillDec 28
@hannah
Spent over a decade “driving” one of these in 3D finite element applications. Brilliant piece of kit!
Show threadhistoric drystone sheep dykeDec 28
@JPummil i havent a clue what those are but i love this
Show threadpancakes🔜BedDec 28
@hannah spaceballs the pointer device
Show threadMike PirnatDec 28
@squeakypancakes @hannah (The kids love this one.)
Show threadnashDec 28
@hannah love a peripheral I can Tech Deck on
Show threadthe gripe ibisDec 28
@hannah you can't convince me this isn't a @NanoRaptor joint
Show threadDJ Tent ModeDec 28
@hannah I am old enough to have used this exact model professionally and it was faster using left hand on home row and right hand on mouse, but the puck did make you feel cooler.
Show threadAndreDec 28
@hannah I guess we are. I'm pretty sure the original Spaceball ended up with 3dconnexion and thus the Spacemouse.
Show threadsenDec 28
@hannah I use a modern version of this, but the original ones look so much more futuristic than the recent ones do.
Show threadDave FischerDec 28
@sen @hannah The very first model looks kinda homebrew. This squarish one (model #2) is my favorite, and the same model we have in our museum.
Show threadsenDec 28
@davefischer @hannah ooo interesting, I don’t know that I’ve ever seen an original one then, in my head this is the first one (which belongs with Serious CAD Workstations alongside Dials and LPFK)
Show threadDave FischerDec 28
@sen @hannah The first gen was resold by SGI, E&S, and Stardent, so... right at the moment high-end graphics was being handed off from the exotic-mainframe-peripherals to the workstation world.
Show threadLenDec 28

@hannah space ball, space ball
Warning light red - a hole in my shuttle I've been meaning to mend.
My laser won't fire
'cause the batteries are low, while they fire from above and below us

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lXztdGDjxqs

Dave Dobbyn - Space Junk

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Show threadzl2todDec 28

@Hyperlynx

Different video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNxMQme_flQ

@hannah

Dave Dobbyn - Space Junk (Theme To Space Knights)

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Show threadLenDec 28
@zl2tod huh. I've only ever known it as the theme to to weird puppet space show that was on TV when I was a kid
Show threadzl2todDec 28

@Hyperlynx

Aye.

The above was the "music video" for the radio version which made a bit of airplay in NZ.

I may know quite a lot about all that.

https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/space-knights-episode-one-1989

Space Knights - The Golden Knight (First Episode) | Television | NZ On Screen

Space Knights - The Golden Knight (First Episode) - Ambitious kids' sci fi series Space Knights pitched the King Arthur myth into a zany universe of Knights of the Round Space Station, Vader-esque villains, rainbow rocket exhaust, and laser lance jousting. The distinctive look of this early South Pacific Pictures series — like a picture book come to life — was led by cartoonist Chris Slane who achieved it by using actors in life-size puppet suits and blue screen effects. In this excerpt, the evil Mordread creates an android Trojan horse to infiltrate Castle Spacelot. The 'Space Junk' theme song is by Dave Dobbyn.

Show threadzl2todDec 28

@hannah

Is that one of those Ed Balls I keep hearing about?

Show threadInga stands with 🇺🇦 🇵🇸Dec 28
@hannah that's just a sunbed for a mouse ball to relax a bit after having been washed
Show threadbotvolutionDec 28
@hannah
This has actually come from the future where the octopuses are in charge.
Show threadgwsDec 28
@hannah Spaceballs! the peripheral
Show threadRonflaixDec 28
@hannah Spaceball™: the device
Show threadUltramundaneDec 28
@Ronflaix Will it fit in my Spaceball™ Lunchbox? @hannah
Show threadMs. Blue Skies is living here today!Dec 28

@hannah SPACEBALL???

Ah shit, there goes the interface paradigm.

Show threadGlyn Wolf Dec 28
@hannah LOL, that takes me back. I remember having to use one of those in university. It was clumsy as hell.
Show threadHollisDec 29
@glynwolf Sure was. I got my hands on one from work. Only supported by 1-2 apps as I recall...
Show threadGlyn Wolf Dec 29
@hoolis I was a research assistant given the job of writing a driver for it for the university's VR software. It taught me a bunch of new concepts, and so it was a genuinely interesting experience. It never made me want one though. ;)
Show threadOzzelot Dec 29
@hannah
Plan9 users rejoice at the chording possibilities.
Show threadpolprog68kDec 29
@hannah halfpipe trackball lmao
Show threadvarx/socialDec 29
@hannah 1950s ass image
Show threadLex Feathers 🍂Dec 29
@hannah Ok this one is so fucking cool
Show threadKojack 🦎Dec 29
@hannah I've never used an original Spaceball, but I have two of its decedents: 3D Connexion's Space Navigator and Space Pilot Pro. I use the Space Pilot Pro in Blender, Sketchup, Unity, Google Earth and Elite Dangerous (for precise ship landing, not general flying).
Show threadxzvf | Peter BohnerDec 29
@hannah With a name like that:
Show thread Kura  :kura_explode:Dec 29
@hannah no, bad hannah
Show threadschuelermineDec 29
@hannah octal
Show threademily dogmomDec 28
@hannah very good, ma'am
Show threadSkaveRat 🐀 Dec 28
@hannah did you ask him first?
Show threadWeirdAlex03Dec 28
@skaverat @hannah That Jesus "I consent!" / "I consent!" / "I don't!" meme, but it's Jeeves and he also says "I consent!"
Show threadFallsMom 🌻Dec 28

@hannah

Asking for a friend. . .

Show threadCassandraDec 28
@hannah goals, honestly
Show threadFrom Okesska With LoveDec 27
@hannah possibly of interest https://www.avid.wiki/Main_Page
Main Page

Explore Audiovisual Branding Explore Informational Bumpers Explore Technical Ephemera

Audiovisual Identity Database
Show threadJustAnOwlDec 27
@hannah
Totally agree.
I have never seen this before but this is genuinely just good artwork!
Show threadZepDec 27
@hannah putting my application as the getaway driver, my price is the bubsy pin