Classic Decks and Reels: magnetic tape dispensery gallery

Anyone else miss the design from back in the day for all things magnetic tape? Tape decks, reel to reels, VU meters and little mini LED-lit parametric eq sliders? All things brushed metal and wood-paneled, mmmmmm....







Don't make'em like they used to...

there definitely is a dynamic to that design era that i love. it goes against all my love for minimalism too, which is weird. i guess at either end of the spectrum i'm into it. i'm just unabashedly into buttons and knobs and buttons and knobs everywhere. i love that sort of physical interface, where its completely overwhelming. controls in all directions! this is where my love of cockpits comes from also. fighter jet/ spacecraft/whatever.

i would love to make an internet cockpit in my room, where keyboard shortcuts could be ported to external switches. a switch for new tab, a switch for close tab, a throttle lever for monitor brightness. you get it. the opposite of efficient in every way, but would be loads of fun.




Related: if you're into magnetic tape era computing, check out http://www.masswerk.at/google60/

its a google search modelled after an old IBM360