More Molly Guards

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100 points | by zdw 3 days ago

9 comments

  • Animats 22 minutes ago
    The STOP and RESET buttons are from a Documation card reader.[1] They're not guarded. They just come from a standard kit of buttons and lamps where you could assemble the components and dividers into a control panel. That style of illuminated push button was once popular and is still available.[2] NASA Mission Control consoles had lots of them.

    [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se0F1bLfFKY

    [2] https://cpc.farnell.com/rjs-electronics/rjs-k16-391-ge-65j/i...

  • Panzerschrek 1 hour ago
    > This IBM electronic typewriter had a gorgeous perspex molly guard around the power button

    Creators of some keyboards placing a sleep button right above arrow keys didn't bother doing this.

  • hankbond 5 hours ago
    The hover images were delightful thank you for that little bit of whimsy. Also the iTunes Burn CD one was my favorite! I totally forgot about that and its so fun compared to flat design.
  • jsrcout 57 minutes ago
    It was amazing to read the original account in the alumni newsletter, and it was great to see the photo. The legend is real! Heh heh.
  • steve_adams_86 6 hours ago
    The IBM electronic typewriter with the perspex guard is absolutely beautiful.
  • ajam1507 4 hours ago
    I would go to this museum.
  • thierrydamiba 5 hours ago
    Awesome article! Love the way you went from physically to digital.
  • itsneulook4 1 hour ago
    But molly dies
  • stackghost 1 hour ago
    I fully expected the origin of "Molly Guard" to be apocryphal, akin to something your boomer uncle sends you in 2008, that's been forwarded 1000 times and you can see all the fwd: address lists in the message ("Hey Susan, thought you might find this funny... -Bill"). I was not expecting to see the actual Molly in an archived newspaper article. Pretty cool.