[HN Gopher] Paper Models of Vintage Computers
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Paper Models of Vintage Computers
Author : cameron_b
Score : 110 points
Date : 2023-02-24 20:27 UTC (2 hours ago)
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| heleninboodler wrote:
| I love that they even got the ridges on the top rear part of the
| commodore 1541 floppy drive, which have the nice property of
| resonating with a high pitched squeal when you drag your
| fingertips across them, annoying the hell out of your sister.
| causality0 wrote:
| Seeing these always makes me wish there were RPi enclosures that
| let you build working mini versions of these classic computers.
| There's something very comfy to me about the idea of playing a
| text adventure game on a tiny IBM 5100 or HP 85.
| watmough wrote:
| You mean like this?
|
| https://obsolescence.wixsite.com/obsolescence/pidp-11
| causality0 wrote:
| Right, except for the models I'm interested in, and hopefully
| for less than $270.
| TacticalCoder wrote:
| The 5"1/4 floppy disk next to the Commodore 1541 disk drive with
| "Bruce Lee" manually written on it just cracks me up. I've spent
| countless hours on that game on the C64 :)
| jader201 wrote:
| No PC Jr. :(
|
| I loved my PC Jr. -- my first computer. Spent way too many hours
| on it, and the reason I do what I do today. Had a number of books
| on BASIC, and even upgraded the RAM from 128k to 256k (I may have
| even gotten it up to 512k)!
| heleninboodler wrote:
| I had one of these too. The RAM upgrade was a game-console-
| style cartridge you plugged in one of two (I think) slots on
| the front of the machine.
|
| Edit: oh, and I forgot about the infrared wireless keyboard. So
| snazzy. [1]
|
| [1] http://www.computercloset.org/IBMPCjr.htm
| jader201 wrote:
| I'm thinking mine was a hardware update, where the case had
| to be opened. I believe the company we bought it from did the
| upgrade.
| jdontillman wrote:
| Disappointed; no KL10.
| neilv wrote:
| The paper model of the Mac 128K reminds me... Paper models (cars,
| emergency vehicles) were one of the first things I made on that
| original Mac. (I might've made a fake newspaper first.)
| JKCalhoun wrote:
| For me, cassette mix-tape label inserts.
| AntiRush wrote:
| I had a HyperCard stack of paper airplane designs that I must
| have printed hundreds of times. A cursory search didn't turn it
| up and I have no idea where it came from. Maybe it's lost to
| time.
| codetrotter wrote:
| This is probably not the one, but here is something I came
| across that seems a bit more limited and different from the
| thing you are describing.
|
| https://archive.org/details/hypercard_wingmaker1
| stuart78 wrote:
| Love these, but wish they weren't posted to Scribd. I'd rather
| pay $0.99 each than have to sign up for whatever that product is
| trying to sell me.
| thesh4d0w wrote:
| The link at the top of the home page has them all for free -
| https://archive.org/details/amiga-500-new-art-ver1_202210/Cl...
| lisper wrote:
| If you like those, you'll love these:
|
| https://www.pinterest.com/pin/idf-set-1250made-by-ondra-alia...
| magic_hamster wrote:
| These are fantastic. Maybe it's time to try it out!
| harimau777 wrote:
| I bet these could be useful background props for low budget film
| makers. Sure, they aren't going to look like Hollywood sets but
| they would get the point across if someone needed to build a
| laboratory set on a shoestring budget.
| srott wrote:
| Can some recommend a printer that won't break apart after
| printing on a cardstock?
| convolvatron wrote:
| I have an hp 2055. alot crappier build than the LJ4+ it
| replaced
|
| but aside from adding a little curl, its never had a problem
| with 0.02" card stock (what is that 125lbs? yes, stupid old
| units)
| acheron wrote:
| I have a Brother laser printer that I got back in 2009-10 or
| something. It's never had a problem with cardstock, though I
| guess I've never thought about it. What problems do printers
| have with cardstock?
| smackeyacky wrote:
| First good reason I've seen to head back into the office 1 day
| a week, to load up the office Xerox with card stock.
| bitwize wrote:
| These are so cute, and remind me of the cardboard fake computers
| furniture stores used to put on the desks they had out on
| display.
| rbanffy wrote:
| I love these things. One project I'd love if some museum did
| would be to 3D scan important artifacts as precisely as feasible
| so we could duplicate them.
|
| Of course, to make paper models we'd need to simplify those
| models a lot, but the possibility of printing replacement parts
| for irreplaceable computers would be an immense service to
| preservation.
|
| Who could fund such a project?
| hemmert wrote:
| Beautiful!
| timsneath wrote:
| These are simply adorable. I want to make this my weekend
| project.
|
| Does anyone have tips for this? What cardstock should I use? Is
| there a particular weight that is best suited for projects like
| this?
| JKCalhoun wrote:
| If you want to do better than "copy paper" you could run
| heavier stock paper through a color laser printer.
|
| In my poor, college days, I would have entertained chopping a
| manila folder to Letter size and running it through the
| straight-feeder of a Color Laser-jet.
| Oxidation wrote:
| I literally just printed on 220gsm card in a laser printer's
| feed tray today. Worked great.
|
| Before I had a pack of card, I was indeed cutting up manila
| folders, but I only had ugly colours, so it wasn't ideal, but
| it worked well in a structural sense for what I was up to.
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