Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 29th Nov 2008 00:43 UTC
El Reg has a write-up on the amazingly beautiful and hopelessly impractical Honeywell Kitchen Computer. We've covered this bizarre piece of computing history before on OSNews, in my list of the ten most beautiful computers. For those that have no idea what I'm talking about, read on for more details. Trust me, you want to know.
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Well, I think the article is probably a little misleading. This was a regular Honeywell model cross-marketed for the kitchen. What they show in the pictures is, I believe, just the console and cpu, not intended to be used directly for i/o any more than, say, the IBM 360 console was. From the brochure, which doesn't say anything at all about kitchen use, but does contain an amusing photo of Bob Barker with his head vaporized:
You may choose any of the three styles:
table-top; rack-mountable, in standard 19-inch RETMA rack; and pedestal with desk-height controls, writing table, convenience, and futuristic styling.
So it can go in the living room, and an attached teletype (presumably sold separately) would be in the kitchen. Recipes could be stored on paper tape, read and written from the paper tape reader/writer on the teletype, or to the disc storage in the pantry, the drum storage in the bath room, the mag tape unit in the dining room, or on cards generated by the keypunch machine in the den. Presumably, some accessories would be available only from the manufacturer and not directly from Neiman-Marcus.
So I would say that your worries about fitting the console into your kitchen are unfounded.
Edited 2008-11-29 15:29 UTC