and finally, someone went and built it!
A 1988 MacSE with a 1923 Underwood typewriter for its keyboard.
I doubt I was the inspiration, but still, I'm glad it happened, because it was a moral imperative. Sadly, he didn't give any details on how it works.
Braziiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllllll......
That was my thought exactly, especially with the magnifying screen.
Mmm. Gothic technology.
yet another "artist" with too much time on his hands.
Can I be as cool as you someday?
you see, a true artist, one who doesn't have a lot of time on their hands, merely uses photoshop to lift a concept from a movie, as opposed to engineering something physical, tangible, and functional based loosely on something from a movie.
and everyone know that horror movies are a far higher art form than surrealist political commentary movies.
This just adds to my depression about the fact that I never built anything this beautiful.
This is as good (but not as original) as Tom Jennings' stuff.
That is just amazingly beautiful.
It reminds me of the computers in Obsidian, or in Brazil...
I covet.
Sadly, he didn't use your design gruntle, er, spec: http://www.ahleman.com/ElectriClerk2.html
The computer's keyboard is hidden beneath the typewriter keyboard, and the keys are connected to each other with plastic rods.
Here's the PC version. (Link courtesy of Gizmodo.)