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What is this “d-mac†device?
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The only current page I found for this device is this Chinese one, which didn't clarify anything. It looks like she's digitizing a blueprint.
1960s 1970s computers
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The only current page I found for this device is this Chinese one, which didn't clarify anything. It looks like she's digitizing a blueprint.
1960s 1970s computers
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The only current page I found for this device is this Chinese one, which didn't clarify anything. It looks like she's digitizing a blueprint.
1960s 1970s computers
edited 4 hours ago
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asked 4 hours ago
Cees Timmerman
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The only current page I found for this device is this Chinese one, which didn't clarify anything. It looks like she's digitizing a blueprint.
1960s 1970s computers
1960s 1970s computers
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That is the D-Mac Cartographic Digitiser, seen here in the 1968 Design journal (Issue 234):
It seems the D-Mac Cartographic Digitiser was developed from an earlier device called the D-Mac Pencil Follower, shown here in the 1968 Design journal:
Both devices appear to be early types of graphics tablet.
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Looks similar. But the box on the table and the actual computer cabinet do not match. Looking through some old newspapers I get the impression that they had quite a few versions on sale. This is even stranger: box more vintage, cabinet better matching?
– LangLangC
3 hours ago
And it was developed at the arts department?
– LangLangC
3 hours ago
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@LangLangC The picture shows the "Type CF" (which looks to have had a Winchester disk, rather than punched tape storage). D-Mac were subsequently bought by Ferranti-Cetec in the 1970s, and units produced after that had the Ferranti-Cetec brand.
– sempaiscuba♦
3 hours ago
The table and pedal appear to be of the Digitiser, but the rest of the Pencil Follower, which appears to have modularized (and added support for the pedal?) the black box that was attached to its smaller table.
– Cees Timmerman
3 hours ago
That's perfectly possible. The "control pedestal" and "electronics console" (as the article describes them) would probably have been selected for the particular application and/or budget.
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3 hours ago
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1 Answer
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active
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up vote
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That is the D-Mac Cartographic Digitiser, seen here in the 1968 Design journal (Issue 234):
It seems the D-Mac Cartographic Digitiser was developed from an earlier device called the D-Mac Pencil Follower, shown here in the 1968 Design journal:
Both devices appear to be early types of graphics tablet.
edited 2 hours ago
Cees Timmerman
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answered 4 hours ago
sempaiscuba♦
41.8k4148187
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Looks similar. But the box on the table and the actual computer cabinet do not match. Looking through some old newspapers I get the impression that they had quite a few versions on sale. This is even stranger: box more vintage, cabinet better matching?
– LangLangC
3 hours ago
And it was developed at the arts department?
– LangLangC
3 hours ago
1
@LangLangC The picture shows the "Type CF" (which looks to have had a Winchester disk, rather than punched tape storage). D-Mac were subsequently bought by Ferranti-Cetec in the 1970s, and units produced after that had the Ferranti-Cetec brand.
– sempaiscuba♦
3 hours ago
The table and pedal appear to be of the Digitiser, but the rest of the Pencil Follower, which appears to have modularized (and added support for the pedal?) the black box that was attached to its smaller table.
– Cees Timmerman
3 hours ago
That's perfectly possible. The "control pedestal" and "electronics console" (as the article describes them) would probably have been selected for the particular application and/or budget.
– sempaiscuba♦
3 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
That is the D-Mac Cartographic Digitiser, seen here in the 1968 Design journal (Issue 234):
It seems the D-Mac Cartographic Digitiser was developed from an earlier device called the D-Mac Pencil Follower, shown here in the 1968 Design journal:
Both devices appear to be early types of graphics tablet.
edited 2 hours ago
Cees Timmerman
23817
answered 4 hours ago
sempaiscuba♦
41.8k4148187
1
Looks similar. But the box on the table and the actual computer cabinet do not match. Looking through some old newspapers I get the impression that they had quite a few versions on sale. This is even stranger: box more vintage, cabinet better matching?
– LangLangC
3 hours ago
And it was developed at the arts department?
– LangLangC
3 hours ago
1
@LangLangC The picture shows the "Type CF" (which looks to have had a Winchester disk, rather than punched tape storage). D-Mac were subsequently bought by Ferranti-Cetec in the 1970s, and units produced after that had the Ferranti-Cetec brand.
– sempaiscuba♦
3 hours ago
The table and pedal appear to be of the Digitiser, but the rest of the Pencil Follower, which appears to have modularized (and added support for the pedal?) the black box that was attached to its smaller table.
– Cees Timmerman
3 hours ago
That's perfectly possible. The "control pedestal" and "electronics console" (as the article describes them) would probably have been selected for the particular application and/or budget.
– sempaiscuba♦
3 hours ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
up vote
5
down vote
accepted
That is the D-Mac Cartographic Digitiser, seen here in the 1968 Design journal (Issue 234):
It seems the D-Mac Cartographic Digitiser was developed from an earlier device called the D-Mac Pencil Follower, shown here in the 1968 Design journal:
Both devices appear to be early types of graphics tablet.
edited 2 hours ago
Cees Timmerman
23817
answered 4 hours ago
sempaiscuba♦
41.8k4148187
That is the D-Mac Cartographic Digitiser, seen here in the 1968 Design journal (Issue 234):
It seems the D-Mac Cartographic Digitiser was developed from an earlier device called the D-Mac Pencil Follower, shown here in the 1968 Design journal:
Both devices appear to be early types of graphics tablet.
edited 2 hours ago
Cees Timmerman
23817
answered 4 hours ago
sempaiscuba♦
41.8k4148187
edited 2 hours ago
Cees Timmerman
23817
edited 2 hours ago
Cees Timmerman
23817
edited 2 hours ago
Cees Timmerman
23817
23817
answered 4 hours ago
sempaiscuba♦
41.8k4148187
answered 4 hours ago
sempaiscuba♦
41.8k4148187
answered 4 hours ago
sempaiscuba♦
41.8k4148187
41.8k4148187
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Looks similar. But the box on the table and the actual computer cabinet do not match. Looking through some old newspapers I get the impression that they had quite a few versions on sale. This is even stranger: box more vintage, cabinet better matching?
– LangLangC
3 hours ago
And it was developed at the arts department?
– LangLangC
3 hours ago
1
@LangLangC The picture shows the "Type CF" (which looks to have had a Winchester disk, rather than punched tape storage). D-Mac were subsequently bought by Ferranti-Cetec in the 1970s, and units produced after that had the Ferranti-Cetec brand.
– sempaiscuba♦
3 hours ago
The table and pedal appear to be of the Digitiser, but the rest of the Pencil Follower, which appears to have modularized (and added support for the pedal?) the black box that was attached to its smaller table.
– Cees Timmerman
3 hours ago
That's perfectly possible. The "control pedestal" and "electronics console" (as the article describes them) would probably have been selected for the particular application and/or budget.
– sempaiscuba♦
3 hours ago
add a comment |Â
1
Looks similar. But the box on the table and the actual computer cabinet do not match. Looking through some old newspapers I get the impression that they had quite a few versions on sale. This is even stranger: box more vintage, cabinet better matching?
– LangLangC
3 hours ago
And it was developed at the arts department?
– LangLangC
3 hours ago
1
@LangLangC The picture shows the "Type CF" (which looks to have had a Winchester disk, rather than punched tape storage). D-Mac were subsequently bought by Ferranti-Cetec in the 1970s, and units produced after that had the Ferranti-Cetec brand.
– sempaiscuba♦
3 hours ago
The table and pedal appear to be of the Digitiser, but the rest of the Pencil Follower, which appears to have modularized (and added support for the pedal?) the black box that was attached to its smaller table.
– Cees Timmerman
3 hours ago
That's perfectly possible. The "control pedestal" and "electronics console" (as the article describes them) would probably have been selected for the particular application and/or budget.
– sempaiscuba♦
3 hours ago
1
1
Looks similar. But the box on the table and the actual computer cabinet do not match. Looking through some old newspapers I get the impression that they had quite a few versions on sale. This is even stranger: box more vintage, cabinet better matching?
– LangLangC
3 hours ago
Looks similar. But the box on the table and the actual computer cabinet do not match. Looking through some old newspapers I get the impression that they had quite a few versions on sale. This is even stranger: box more vintage, cabinet better matching?
– LangLangC
3 hours ago
And it was developed at the arts department?
– LangLangC
3 hours ago
And it was developed at the arts department?
– LangLangC
3 hours ago
1
1
@LangLangC The picture shows the "Type CF" (which looks to have had a Winchester disk, rather than punched tape storage). D-Mac were subsequently bought by Ferranti-Cetec in the 1970s, and units produced after that had the Ferranti-Cetec brand.
– sempaiscuba♦
3 hours ago
@LangLangC The picture shows the "Type CF" (which looks to have had a Winchester disk, rather than punched tape storage). D-Mac were subsequently bought by Ferranti-Cetec in the 1970s, and units produced after that had the Ferranti-Cetec brand.
– sempaiscuba♦
3 hours ago
The table and pedal appear to be of the Digitiser, but the rest of the Pencil Follower, which appears to have modularized (and added support for the pedal?) the black box that was attached to its smaller table.
– Cees Timmerman
3 hours ago
The table and pedal appear to be of the Digitiser, but the rest of the Pencil Follower, which appears to have modularized (and added support for the pedal?) the black box that was attached to its smaller table.
– Cees Timmerman
3 hours ago
That's perfectly possible. The "control pedestal" and "electronics console" (as the article describes them) would probably have been selected for the particular application and/or budget.
– sempaiscuba♦
3 hours ago
That's perfectly possible. The "control pedestal" and "electronics console" (as the article describes them) would probably have been selected for the particular application and/or budget.
– sempaiscuba♦
3 hours ago
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