A Forgotten Machines T-shirt visits the MHKI and the Mera 7951 in Katowice

These pics were taken by my friend Kris on his visit today to the Muzeum Historii Komputerów i Informatyki (Museum of the History of Computers and Information Technology) in Katowice, Poland.

What an honor it was to see him there, wearing our branded T-shirt!  I cannot wait for the time to come for me to visit this wonderful place myself!

Forgotten Machines at VCFMW 2023! Entrex Data/Scope, Entrex Trapezoid Data/Terminal and Mera 7951 and More!!!

Photo credit goes to CommodoreZ at https://commodorez.com/

 

https://www.commodorez.com/VCFMW18/76.html

https://www.commodorez.com/VCFMW18/10.html

https://www.commodorez.com/VCFSW2023/117.html

Entrex (Nixdorf) Trapezoid Data/Terminal spotted in The Love Boat Season 1 Episode 20 (1978)

IT IS THE LOVE COMPUTER FROM THE LOVE BOAT!!

See reddit thread here

 

Thanks to SomePeopleCallMeJJ for finding this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKlwJi7q9EI&t=576s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKlwJi7q9EI&t=370s

You can actually see the Nixdorf badge pasted right over where the Entrex logo silkscreen would have been in the lower left of the plexiglass on the screen

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reference our JCPenny Entrex Data/Terminal Here

Notice The Love Boat model has the 029 keypunch-style keyboard

Reference our two Nixdorf-branded Trapezoid Terminals here

Next, find the original 3:4 aspect ratio format and show HQ screen shots

AND

Identify the foreign device under the computer, which may be a real (or fake) punch card reader.  Is this also a Nixdorf product?  Could be...

Perhaps there was some Nixdorf sponsorship going on in this episode??

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