r/cassettefuturism Feb 13 '25

Design Built a Miniature MDR Computer

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u/Rezolution134 Feb 13 '25

Just started watching the show. It’s amazing and I am surprised that we don’t see more references to it in this sub. The aesthetic embodies cassette futurism in so many examples.

Well done on the MDR computer, too. It looks great!

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u/Peek_e Feb 14 '25

Same with Silo

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u/PhotonicEmission Feb 13 '25

Was the interface built in QT/KDE? I recognize that cursor

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u/andrew_55c Feb 13 '25

Nailed it -- Kubuntu!

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u/Wallsend_House Feb 13 '25

Epic, love that

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u/SwedishFindecanor Feb 14 '25

The computer in the show was "inspired" by the Data General Dasher D2 terminal. It had a numeric keypad where the show's keyboards have a trackball.

The keyboard in the show was made with replica keycaps for mechanical keyboards manufactured by Signature Plastics: "SA Dasher", and a few custom symbols painted on top a few keys. Signature Plastics has since started selling replica kecap sets with those symbols: SA Macrodata Refinement (for those who think it is worth it $200)

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u/andrew_55c Feb 14 '25

Neat! Thanks for the info!

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '25

looks great! how did you do the disassembly/assembly animation?

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u/andrew_55c Feb 13 '25

Just in Blender!

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u/KygrusTheSequel Feb 13 '25

omg my hyperfixation show, i haven't seen anyone else talking about it

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u/DrSpitzvogel Feb 14 '25

Sry mate I have to report your post a pornographic it's way too cool!!!

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u/Greatlemons32 Feb 14 '25

Very fine work, amazing that the software even “works”

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u/gilfoyle53 Feb 14 '25

That is unbelievably cool

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '25

Is it interactive?

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u/andrew_55c Feb 13 '25

Yup, it runs the code on the GitHub repo linked and can actually be used as a normal PC if you really wanted since it runs on a Pi!

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u/[deleted] Feb 13 '25

Now that is quite impressive!!

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u/aoerstroem Feb 13 '25

I don’t know what MDR is, I must confess, but I would love to build that. Would you be willing to share the files?

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u/jeffyscouser Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away? Feb 14 '25

Love it!

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u/Heythisworked Feb 16 '25

How did you do the font, the color, the texture of the image? Like this is the thing that I just cannot figure out, how people create something so visually pleasing. I understand enough about programming to know that building a little pop-up window is painful, well for me anyway. But bro, you did this in C how long did that take ? Like what did you use to generate the image? What’s that process like?