Any tech-spotters in?

[Dos_Box]

One from history:

 

[Dos_Box]

May need another clue then...

 

[DalekSec]

[Dos_Box]

Not easy I'll grant you. It's more of a system than a single device:

 

[Norphy]

Is it a Boeing 707?

 

[DJ-1701]

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[LeMarchand]

One from history:

 

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There looks to be a lot of brass. Could it be Mr Babbage's Engine?

[DalekSec]

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Nope!

 

[DalekSec]

Is it a Boeing 707?

 

 

Must be out of a plane/spaceship/submarine/delorean or something!

[Boredguy]

With the gimball lock, maybe a controller for a gyroscopic mount of some description?

[Dos_Box]

With the gimball lock, maybe a controller for a gyroscopic mount of some description?

 

Along the right lines. It certainly needed manouvering though all dimensions!

[Dos_Box]

Two more guesses and I'll reveal all

[localzuk]

Apollo flight computer? More specifically the DSKY module mounted in the main display console.

[bald_pig]

Not easy I'll grant you. It's more of a system than a single device:

 

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Is it something from the TARDIS?

[tekins]

Is it space age?

[Dos_Box]

@localzuk nails it

Yup, it's the Apollo guidance computer and DSKY interface: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer

 

[Dos_Box]

An easy one this for those older members:

 

[GuyJD]

That's an BBC micro joystick isn't it?

[DalekSec]

An easy one this for those older members:

 

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NSFW??

[Dos_Box]

NSFW??

 

Well, it certainly saw a bit of action!

[Dos_Box]

That's an BBC micro joystick isn't it?

 

Along the right lines

[3s-gtech]

Kempston Competition Pro or a repro (though the dimpled head is perhaps not right)?

[caffrey]

I was just about to say kempston, that microswitched not leaf switched goodness...

[Dos_Box]

Yup, the highly venerated Kempston Pro:

 

 

Back in the 8 bit gaming days you mostly had Kempston (if you have some money) or more commonly the Quickshot 2:

 

 

Although I do recall the Kempston was far more robust than the QSII and I remember having to buy several Quickshots over the years back then.

[3s-gtech]

I had (still have) hundreds of games for my C64 - I used to get through joysticks at a fair rate. The microswitched ones always died pretty quickly, especially as a great many games thought that 'waggling the joystick' was a good gameplay idea (try explaining that to today's kids without blushing). My favourite stick ever was the Cheetah Bug - that too died eventually. Had a ton of Quickshots - they were cheap to be fair, £10 dahn the market!