A DVT keyboard prototype

Seen on eBay, an Apple keyboard prototype, sold by Krazy Ken from the Computer Clan. And it’s not a scam.

A PowerBook JLPGA for ~€2,200

Seen in Japan, a PowerBook JLPGA (1992 version) is for sale for ¥300,000 (a little over €2,200).

Bandai had produced 3,000 Power Player units, the prototype of the Pippin

In an old page from Bandai’s website, an interesting detail about the Pippin is revealed: the number of test units.

A surprising (and not very portable) iPod touch prototype

Seen on YouTube, a first-generation iPod touch prototype.

A Commodore 64 program on The 8-Bit Construction Set

The case of the second program on The 8-Bit Construction Set record gave me more trouble than the first, for Atari, but I succeeded.

A prototype of Paladin, Apple’s “smart fax”

Seen on Twitter (from a regular commenter), a Paladin.

A program Atari on The 8-Bit Construction Set

The record The 8-Bit Construction Set dates back to 2001, and in a statement, the authors boasted of being the first to put programs on a vinyl record. If you’re reading this, you might have chuckled – the first attempts date back to the late seventies – but the record remains interesting. It indeed contains two programs, one for the Commodore 64 and one for the Atari 8 bits.

A Pippin with Ethernet… 25 years ago

In a (very) old Japanese article, you can see a modem for the Sega Saturn alongside a Pippin with its unreleased Ethernet dock.

Prototypes of Lightning adapters

Seen on Twitter, prototypes of Lightning to 30-pin adapters.

A weird iPhone 8 prototype

Seen on Twitter, a funny iPhone 8 prototype.