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These things continue to show up in the weirdest places as never-intended consoles.

Phone switches, network devices, control panels, etc.

There were so many of them leftover from the switch to PC's and they always seemed to work (once you got the parity right). Usually in some closet somewhere, balanced on top of a box with the keyboard leaning against the wall. Need a power cable? Grab one from a PC, use it to power up, change some settings, turn it off and put the cable back.

Thank you Ken Olsen.




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