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Honeywell H316 Kitchen Computer (2023)
Some thoughts in defense of the often ridiculed Honeywell H316 kitchen computer.
As Austine Modine ponders in a 2008 issue of The Register, there are countless examples of failed technological endeavors, ones with serious faults compromising basic usability, but the Honeywell H316 stands out from even a line-up of the most carefully selected contenders based on pure ridiculousness. Looking at old N-M catalogs, and the Neiman-Marcus Christmas Book 1969 featuring the H316 was no exception, they were a collection of expensive and silly gift ideas – e.g. your own life-sized Noah's Ark replica, matching "his & her" airplanes, etc. splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, Upgrade Keyboards, Aiksplace,@keebio, Cyboard, Jacob Mikesell, KEEBD, littlemer-the-second, Timo,@kaleid1990, TALPKEYBOARD, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, Bob Cotton, Brendan P., FFKeebs,@therick0996, Christian Mladenov, Schnoor Typography, Daniel Nikolov, u/eighty58five, Caleb Rand, James McCleese, Ben M, zzeneg, Anatolii Smolianinov, Spencer Dabell, Penk Chen, Stefan S., Clacky, Alex Miller, Matthias Goffette, Trey Causey, Dylan Ingham, Gordon Diggs, HLPlanet, Cloyce, Mario S., Duncan B., Hating TheFruit, Hana Lee, HubertTheMad, Shnobble, Jesse L., Davidjohn Gerena, Andres Sakk, nutylabs, D. Crowson, s_p_l_o_d_e, Ikasaya, drudru, Technofrikus, Dickiedyce
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