Not exactly user-friendly

Not exactly user-friendly

This is an Apollo-era computer interface. Called the DSKY (Display and Keyboard), it was operated by entering in code numbers for "nouns" and "verbs."

Jurvetson believes NASA built about 75 DSKYs. He also says that during their construction, NASA absorbed "the majority" of semiconductors that were being manufactured at the time.

February 7, 2012 3:59 AM PST

Photo by: Rafe Needleman/CNET

| Caption by: Rafe Needleman

 

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