[kwlug-disc] OT: [UWComputerMuseum] A major donation! The Tom Conrad Collection

Steve Izma sizma at golden.net
Thu Mar 19 13:59:33 EDT 2026


On Thu, Mar 19, 2026 at 05:25:38PM +0000, Doug Moen wrote:
> Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] OT: [UWComputerMuseum] A major donation! The Tom
>  Conrad Collection
> 
> I want those IMSAI toggle switches on my next desktop computer.
> Plus cylindrical knobs that I can turn to adjust monitor
> brightness and speaker volume.

I also suffered a return of decades-old drooling on seeing the
IMSAI pics. But do you mean "brightness" in this sense:

"I wish TV had a knob so you could turn up the intelligence. The
one marked "Brightness" doesn't work." [Leo Gallagher]

I think we would be equally disappointed if such a knob were
labelled "AI".

	-- Steve

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