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Wrong answers only - what is this?

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨jobbies@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I actually owned one of those!

    It’s a cable-tv descrambler.

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    • jobbies@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Same! First modem we had in 96 ish

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      • Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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

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  • Janx@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That is a Speak & Spell. You cast a spell, and it speaks about the impact.

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  • AmbientDread@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    A magic packet pulse perpetuator and upline / downline pyramid scheme facsimile facilitator aka MPPPUDPSFF

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  • Botzo@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    ECU chip tuner for early CAN bus vehicles.

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    • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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?

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      • riskable@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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

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  • PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s a device from the 90s that played specialize erotica tapes that had an extra channel which synchronized to an electric pocket pussy (not pictured) over 3.5mm cable.

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  • wolfeh@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s a sound effect generator. It only has a few different varieties of SCREEEEREEEECH and some weird telephone tones, though.

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  • TeddE@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    This box from Pandora once contained all the world’s doomscrolling.

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  • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It makes fart noises for radio hosts.

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  • sixtoe@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    dildo. I’m brave you cowards.

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  • dwemthy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s a YakBak

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  • dukatos@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It is a theremin!

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  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Remote control for the US Robotic Soccer Sports Team.

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    (I used to have shelves of those wired into Portmasters when starting my ISP. After replacing the analog modems with pri digital modems we took the shelving outside and gave it the Office Space treatment.)

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  • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Venetian Snares

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  • DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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:

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=rObG3GddYGk

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  • Mwa@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    FBI’S snooping device.

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  • Fluffy_Ruffs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    A pager

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  • Broadfern@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    A deskside air conditioner

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  • Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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    • ZombieChicken@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They specifically asked for wrong answers!

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      • Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It’s definitely a wrong answer.

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  • monotremata@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The song of my people.

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  • tumblechinchilla@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That is a reverse-cyclonic modulation moderator designed to run your washing machine backwards so that cycle time is reduced.

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  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    a controller for an automated robotic arm for lab grade chemicals.

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  • BlackLaZoR@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The Noise Thing

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  • Tikiporch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Seven letter typewriter with remote light switch. Way ahead of its time in some ways. Far behind in others.

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  • kaklerbitmap@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Digital harmonica. They were huge in the 80s.

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  • kungfuratte@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Early 80s robo vacuum.

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  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Automatic birth control pill dispenser.

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  • dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    A horribly designed sex toy.

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  • ICastFist@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    It’s a midi keyboard for beginners

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  • early_riser@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    modulator-demodulator

    One of the things that got me into ham radio was hearing “old school modem noises” while playing around with an RTL-SDR dongle. Turns out it was APRS.

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  • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Single-use barbecue grill
    They got way better when they figured out how to make them out of metal

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