On 2013 Mar 3, at 6:55 PM, Dave McGuire wrote: That's another rebadged Casio: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/eec/calcs/Casio121B.html (slightly different models). The Casio avoids the fake woodgrain, so between this and the model I mentioned it looks like Commodore is to blame for that. Be grateful they had given up on the fake woodgrain by the time the PETs came out.

On 2013 Mar 3, at 7:38 PM, Dave McGuire wrote: Well aside from suggesting it looks like something you would observe beside the dirty ashtray at the reception desk of a cheap motel in 1972, while standing on the mottled deep-red-and-gold carpet, a cigarette vending machine just behind you in the lobby finished in that cheap wood panelling of the era .. aside from that, yes, it is cool. The Casio version at least holds a little class sitting on a real wood desk. In addition to the nixies, if the cool factor you're referring to is the side-by-side layout, it is neat and unusual. There were only a few models that were designed that way. Another is the Olivetti Logos-55, e.g.: http://futureness.com/olivetti-logos-5060-calculator/ http://theinvisibleagent.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/mario-bellinis- logos-55-calculator-for-olivetti-late-1960s/ Unfortunately, it's printer-display only, imagine if it had an electronic display. The commodore looks like it would be owned by the same guy that would drive this: http://futureness.com/1965-dodge-deora-concept-truck/ (note rear bumper) Some great computer pics on that site: http://futureness.com/weapons-director-console/ http://futureness.com/buttons/ http://futureness.com/ibm-1620-data-processing-system-1968/ http://futureness.com/cray-y-190a-supercomputer/ http://futureness.com/ibm-360-2/ http://futureness.com/data-acquisition-system/ http://futureness.com/digital-lab-8e/