Home Computer - 2004
Scientists from the RAND corporation have created this model to illustrate how a "home computer" could look like in the year 2004. However the needed technology will not be economically feasible for the average home. Also the scientists readily admit that the computer will require not yet invented technology to actually work, but 50 years from now scientific progress is expected to solve those problems. With teletype interface and the Fortran language, the computer will be easy to use.
Comment: Click for full sized image. You've got to wonder what the double ship-style steering wheels would be for!
Ha, ha, ha! I see since there are no comments here that you still are waiting for someone to expose this hoax. As you said, the "steering wheel" gives it away as a the controls for a "maneuvering room" on an old nuclear submarine. This is listed by PC world as one of the "Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks" ( http://www.netlingo.com/more/Web_Hoaxes_and_Pranks.pdf ). See snopes.com for more info ( http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp )
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