Post #550030
2026-03-06 10:33 UTC
Replies (16)
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@tencate@mstdn.io 2026-03-06 10:52
It seems the technicians from ZKM Karlsruhe found a way to disconnect at least two of the four sides of the CM. Thank you for all your replies and leads! https://zkm.de/en
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@tencate@mstdn.io 2026-03-06 13:57
There are more pictures of this Connection Machine in a short thread (in German language): https://social.kit.edu/@KITInformatik/116104528905377366 To be continued. #ConnectionMachine #RetroComputing
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@zorc@fosstodon.org 2026-03-06 10:47
@tencate @icm might be able to help. They have one too: https://icm.museum/blog/?p=15
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@ret@furry.engineer 2026-03-06 11:07
@tencate does it still have the dino DNA processing software on it?!
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@j_bertolotti@mathstodon.xyz 2026-03-06 11:50
@tencate This appeared in my timeline just above your post, and I feel it might be relevant 🤣 https://mastodon.guerilla.studio/@tixie/116181586391851819
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@AditiCollective@social.vivaldi.net 2026-03-06 13:02
@tencate That machine was #lifegoals for me back in the day. Alas things I have not achieved
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@ahltorp@mastodon.nu 2026-03-06 13:15
@tencate We had one, but it was already disassembled when I saw it the first time, and that was in the ’90s.
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@FritzAdalis@infosec.exchange 2026-03-06 14:34
@tencate @samebchase So you want to make a Disconnection Machine 2?
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@ericsedge@bitbang.social 2026-03-06 14:52
@tencate
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@gilesgoat@toot.wales 2026-03-06 14:52
@tencate No but I wish I could be there helping .. and hoping is to re-assemble it somewhere else ...
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@flexion@oldbytes.space 2026-03-06 15:36
@tencate CM2! 😎 maybe @davefischer knows
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@BrunoLevy01@fosstodon.org 2026-03-06 15:51
@tencate 🤩 so cool !
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@jamie@boothcomputing.social 2026-03-06 16:43
@tencate Do I need to be able to put it back together? 😀
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@DeltaWye@tiggi.es 2026-03-06 16:49
@tencate Certified. Fediverse. Moment. 🎉
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@nSonic@troet.cafe 2026-03-06 19:57
@tencate @SpaceGeek Folding those wide cables like this is OK? Wow.
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@janmontag@social.janmontag.de 2026-03-11 21:18
@tencate No help here but damn those were sexy computers: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Connection_Machine_CM-2_and_DataVault_at_The_Mimms_Museum_of_Technology_and_Art.webp