Mystery Pic!
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Monday, October 13, 2008
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Comments:
Well, it is clearly electrical.
Obviously, this is IBM's entry into the market for (electronic) machines for making whole wheat pasta.
I believe it is a IBM 650 Magnetic Drum... very cool
bj
Seoul, Korea
I think it is a memory module. They still use the same letters on memory.
Chris
Nebraska
It's a flux capacitor.
Duh.
I was going to say a printer at first, but then changed my mind to a device used to punch in your time card?
Los Angeles, California
Ok second guess;
Van de Graaff generator
Los Angeles, CA
lol ok ok, third guess
Electrostatic Generator??
los Angeles, CA
It's a pasta maker with spaghetti noodles still on it
Deborah, San Jose
You found my squirrel encephalizer! I thought it was gone for good, and right in the middle of a critical step in the training program!
Indeed, BJ. IBM 650 Magnetic Drum.
its a mini Tesla coil!
... or an Arc Reactor?
jia
Tucson, AZ
I suspect it's an electromagnet. -Rachel, San Francisco
lame guesses previous
it's obviously obviously a beaded curtain dispenser
I say it's an electric Shawarma cutter - that's a stack of sliced turkey meat and the machine puts out smaller slices for a Shawarma sandwich.
Is it the broken part of the The world's largest particle collider thats been in the news lately?
A physical timing model for bipolar NTL circuits.
Walt Schmidt, Massapequa Park, NY
...or
An ITER Toroidal Field Model Coil
Walt Schmidt, Massapequa Park, NY
Thermal decomposition of copper-azole complexes
http://www.springerlink.com/content/k717888287ug1416/
The characters "TF. Qa 5" had been digitally manipulated into the front of the device.
Or that the surface was wiped clean then the marking was written over it with a white marker.
If the image is blown-up then it shows the abnormality.
Generally relaying the idea of "ThermoF...?. Quality Assurance (5th Series)" for the purpose of analysis and testing of matterials.
The grill on the side indicates an air draw or cooling mechanism.
It might also be for testing some custom-made cirquit boards with attached wirings for purpose of Thermal resistance test.
Or it may be used for testing the heat resistance of electronic components such as transistors, regulators, etc. while powered live and attached to cirquit.
Punch for data cards for old mainframe computers...
A geek magnet? Haha it's attracted quite a few :P
ANSWER: The Mystery Pic shows Finland's first-ever computer! The IBM model 650 was nicknamed by the Finns, "Ensi," which means "first."
Mike Elgan
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