Keyboards spotting

I started the game Control last night, and I’m having a blast with it. Think fantastical FBI conspiracies with a dash of SCP Foundation and you’ll be in the ballpark. Lots of retro technology going on - there’s a keeb inspired by an IBM beam-spring model in the opening credits but I missed screen-shotting it; but there are plenty of other archaic input devices in the game itself.


Edit: here’s the intro on YouTube if you want to see the aforementioned keeb:


Some input devices I’ve seen in my first few hours:


A mechanical typewriter:


An electric typewriter:


A (broken) computer terminal missing its primary monitor:


Bonus image that dates me; anybody else remember these things (or maybe live in a place where they’re still in use)?

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