CassetteFuturism

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this is a space for Cassette Futurism -- retro images, media, design and technology from the 70s and 80s

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Source: Muguang Vision Line by prokhorvlg

Description

Almost overnight, their advertisements were everywhere, but no one remembered putting them onto the walls. When broken down, the sad creaking plastic of their inexpensive machines revealed strange fractal circuits indicative of no known technological origin.

The machines were a range of typical business devices. Mainframes and consoles used to control the creation, flow, and consumption of information. They were cheap and efficient, but some users reported the distinct sensation of being observed.

Automatics normally carry material in a most efficient pattern for weight distribution and stability, but not when hauling these machines. They twisted and contorted, keeping the device aligned relative to distant points in space, as if part of a greater pattern.

Just as quickly, the machines were gone. An inquiry into the company was made, but nothing would be found. Not even an office or a name, as if the machines vanished back into the walls once they finished their unknowable task.

Digital memories of automatics held no memory of the event. Audiovisual tape recordings of the machines would melt on playback. All that remained in the end was human memory, and with time, even that would be gone.

NBT Desk Manager
E-FAS Desktop Machine
B-NAS Stacked Portable Machine
E-NT Focused Monitor
P-DI5 Personal Assistant
MS Human Hand Peripheral

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Source with more info: Radiomuseum - Juno MK-29 R-Player Budapesti Rádiótechnikai Gyár BRG, build

Dimensions (WHD)
280 x 75 x 240 mm / 11 x 3 x 9.4 inch

Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
3.1 kg / 6 lb 13.3 oz (6.828 lb)

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Source: Borderlands ECHO Recorder by Press-X-Props

As usual, you can follow my projects on Instagram: @pressxprops

And please check out my YouTube cuz I put almost as much effort into my videos on my props as I do my props: www.youtube.com/pressxprops

Thanks for looking!

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Source: A laser rifle by Fernand0FC

An old laser rifle. worn by use and time

DeviantArt profile: https://www.deviantart.com/fernand0fc/gallery

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Source: Object, Telex Corporation, Telex cassette player

Description

Historical information

A talking book player that allowed the user to change the tone and speed of cassettes played in it. Designed to handle both 4 track and 2 track cassettes, these players were the perfect solution to having both commercial (2 track) and recordings for the blind (4 track) materials without needing separate players. Tonal changes in particular were sometimes required by older listeners, as aging reduces the ability to distinguish high pitch sounds. Speed variability also allowed those who read faster to increase narration, and to slow down reading patterns for listeners with acquired brain injury or other conditions that affected cognitive processing of language.

Physical description

Blue plastic rectangular talking book player with buttons for navigational controls and 5 buttons.

Seen on Buttons & Knobs — Telex Corporation C1 // Audio Book Player with...

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Walkman (telegra.ph)
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Source: Photo by Sandstein - File:Epson HX-20 in case - MfK Bern.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

Wikipedia: Epson HX-20

The Epson HX-20 (also known as the HC-20) was the first "true" laptop computer. It was invented in July 1980 by Yukio Yokozawa, who worked for Suwa Seikosha, a branch of Japanese company Seiko (now Seiko Epson), receiving a patent for the invention.

Seen on Functional object - Object, Epson, Epson portable computer, 1980-1989

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Source with more cyberdecks: Retro Cyberdecks on Behance

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Octane version

Behance RSS Feed: https://www.behance.net/feeds/user?username=creatiflux

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Source: Leviathan Command and Control Concept by Katase6626

Hi-res version (2846 x 2107)

Leviathan Command & Control Deck
Color Markers & Ink Sktech
Based on the Ron Cobb design for the Bridge of the Nostromo

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Source: prokhorVLG — An export version of a Soviet microcomputer from...

An export version of a Soviet microcomputer from the 2060s, when Coalition and Union relations began to warm after a decade-long standoff. Devices like this filled a niche that allowed Western users to access the Union’s AGREGAT network, locked behind the KONTROL chip.

This system was one of the first steps on a long journey to bridge the Ternary Divide, which eventually allowed the free flow of information between the two primary dataspheres of the world.

Tumblr archive: https://prokhorvlg.tumblr.com/archive

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"Prop[s]" by Guglielmo Meacci (cdnb.artstation.com)
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Source: Props (by Guglielmo Meacci - ArtStation)

Hi.
Today i post something different from usual. These props started as an exercise to push my design and then i decided to polish them.
The props are inspired by the incredible Sheng Lam.
Cheers

ArtStation profile: https://www.artstation.com/guglielmo_meacci
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Sheng Lam ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/shenglam

Three 3D renders inspired by this design:

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I cannot find any official reference to this model.

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Source with more renders: Cassette Player Henshin device (by Misael "Gio" Manning - ArtStation)

A transformation device inspired by retro technology and Japanese superheroes like Kamen Rider, and Super Sentai.

ArtStation profile: https://www.artstation.com/m_squared_art

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