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Typhoon

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« on: September 14, 2005, 09:06:15 AM »
WHAT is the purpose for the steering wheel?  

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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2005, 09:13:13 AM »
If I recall correctly, Typhoon, that pic is the result of a photoshop contest fark.com...  The actual thing in the photo is some sort of pump-control console or something like that.

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« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2005, 09:21:12 AM »
Figured as much.  Good for a laugh anyway.  I'll have to dig up my copy of an ad for a $10,000 386 computer...
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« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2005, 09:23:19 AM »
Yep, it's a complete and total fabrication.
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« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2005, 09:33:36 AM »
Guess we were ahead of the ball on that one, huh?  Unlike those floating cars we were suposed to have by now Cheesy
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« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2005, 09:56:11 AM »
Geeze, I used a computer like that for my Fortran II lab (1967 if you must know).

And no, it didn't have a steering wheel on it.
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« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2005, 10:16:42 AM »
It's the predecessor to Nintendo? Probably has tail fins on it somewhere.
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« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2005, 10:17:57 AM »
Complete hoax.
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/computer.asp
According to snopes, the man is photoshopped in, and the console is that from a Submarine exhibit in the Smithsonian.
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« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2005, 04:48:42 PM »
Heh!  One of my Computer Science profs showed that photo during one of his lectures.  He thought it was the real deal.
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