IT puzzle: journey back in time

Fundstück Telefone

What were these phones called?

  • Line selector
  • Wireless phone
  • Automatic table station
Telephone

What was the number for getting information at ETH until 1993?

  • 01 256 00 00
  • 01 256 11 11
  • 01 44 22 22
Telephone

What is the minimum number of wires needed to make a phone call?

  • 4 wires
  • 1 wire
  • 2 wires

What is this device?

  • acoustic coupler
  • analogue answering machine
  • telephonograph

What was the biggest disadvantage of core memory?

  • Not scalable
  • No non-destructive reading possible
  • The data becomes weaker after a short amount of time and disappears

This storage might have cost around $ 250,000 at the time. How much would it have cost at today’s prices?

  • 3,000 CHF
  • 3 CHF
  • 0.03 CHF

What is this device?

  • Coil of one of the first vaporizers VAPORETH
  • ERMETH module
  • Geodetic binoculars INFRARETH

What is this device?

  • Video player
  • Shredder
  • Tape eraser

When was this Apple Macintosh first produced?

  • 1976
  • 1981
  • 1984