Custom metal joystick

[Miko]

While browsing the web I came across the page of Tatjana von Varg. She builds technical beautiful instruments, although usage is probably quite limited. For example a enigma like machine (http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/tvv1/pht10.html) Or several analog computers (http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/harmonium/harmonium.html). Lovely "engineering porn".

I came along this beauty:
http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/tvv8/joyst.html

[Muirium]

April 1985? That explains the big old parallel sockets on the box, then.

I can so see a great demolition being triggered by a handle like that. The sphere shows it is indeed a joystick, but the handle screams: DETONATE!

[nourathar]

I love this:

My cryptograph is not an Enigma but is based on the same principle.
Details of rotor wiring etc will not be released until after someone decrypts my haiku seen below.
GUK59 XBOFJ

-AFF1 SGU65 0-KME YKCL7
76PRO LIKNY /WVSZ X-JYI OS6GN 9GLYL
CTOSE -UBO6 OFD7P I+M3J

on http://www.tatjavanvark.nl/tvv1/pht10.html

It looks like she is Dutch, would be interesting to pay her a visit !