>Hi All.
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>A friend sent me this picture from 1954 Popular Mechanics (which I'm just putting on one of our websites so you can see it and will remove it shortly):
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http://www.timbukone.com/images/temp/homepc.jpg>
>Its good for a laugh to see how computer technology has changed. But I have a question - I realize its a model but does anyone know what the large steering wheel thing might have been used for?
It's a steering wheel, for guiding your house through the astro belt and parking near the sun for that great sun-tan ;-)