Phone call from Satan
Wrong answers only - what is this?
Submitted 3 months ago by jobbies@lemmy.zip to [deleted]
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Bakkoda@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I actually owned one of those!
It’s a cable-tv descrambler.
jobbies@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Same! First modem we had in 96 ish
Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The one I bought was a 2400bps unit in 1985. I hooked it up to a local BBS I ran on a TRS-80 Model 1. Fun times. Lol
Janx@piefed.social 3 months ago
That is a Speak & Spell. You cast a spell, and it speaks about the impact.
AmbientDread@piefed.social 3 months ago
A magic packet pulse perpetuator and upline / downline pyramid scheme facsimile facilitator aka MPPPUDPSFF
Botzo@lemmy.world 3 months ago
ECU chip tuner for early CAN bus vehicles.
Passerby6497@lemmy.world 3 months ago
A chip tuner?!? Wow, that’s awesome, we don’t get to make music in modern cars. Did they have XLR outs or was it just 1/8th inch jack?
riskable@programming.dev 3 months ago
Like someone else stated, it was an EPIC pussy magnet that demonstrated your car audio prowess. Only a special few knew the secrets…
Photo of an RJ-9 to dual 1.8mm jack adapter
Photo of a car cassette audio aux adapter featuring a 1.8mm plug
wolfeh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
It’s a sound effect generator. It only has a few different varieties of SCREEEEREEEECH and some weird telephone tones, though.
TeddE@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This box from Pandora once contained all the world’s doomscrolling.
sixtoe@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
dildo. I’m brave you cowards.
dwemthy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s a YakBak
caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Single-use barbecue grill
They got way better when they figured out how to make them out of metaldukatos@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
It is a theremin!
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 3 months ago
9point6@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Venetian Snares
Denjin@feddit.uk 3 months ago
It’s cake
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s an external MIDI board. It has built in speakers, but also stereo out RCA ports in the back so you could hook it to an amp.
TechMoan covered it a couple of years ago:
Mwa@thelemmy.club 3 months ago
FBI’S snooping device.
Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world 3 months ago
A pager
Broadfern@lemmy.world 3 months ago
A deskside air conditioner
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Asked my partner to look at this without any knowledge of what it is.
They say it’s a voice box panel for a robot.
ZombieChicken@reddthat.com 3 months ago
They specifically asked for wrong answers!
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s definitely a wrong answer.
monotremata@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
The song of my people.
tumblechinchilla@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
That is a reverse-cyclonic modulation moderator designed to run your washing machine backwards so that cycle time is reduced.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 months ago
a controller for an automated robotic arm for lab grade chemicals.
BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The Noise Thing
Tikiporch@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Seven letter typewriter with remote light switch. Way ahead of its time in some ways. Far behind in others.
kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Digital harmonica. They were huge in the 80s.
kungfuratte@feddit.org 3 months ago
Early 80s robo vacuum.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Automatic birth control pill dispenser.
dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
A horribly designed sex toy.
ICastFist@programming.dev 3 months ago
It’s a midi keyboard for beginners
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It makes fart noises for radio hosts.