Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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We open up a Soyuz INK "Globus" analog mechanical navigation computer. It's full of gears and incredibly gorgeous, and in our case, somewhat broken. Thanks to Depstech for lending us their endoscope!

New: 3D scan of the globus by Lumafield: voyager.lumafield.com/project/d848dd54-d594-479f-a723-a463547ea7aa

Update: we were able to power up the Globus and make it work in the next episode: youtu.be/CP5dfjxdkQ4

Depstech DS 520 endoscope: amazon.com/dp/B0BL7LYR9Y

Ken's blog article on the Globus: righto.com/2023/01/inside-globus-ink-mechanical-navigation.html

Original Tetris game song played on my Mac SE: drive.google.com/open?id=1kVaCzpzfUrowlL_N8gEM456UP8hwO2Z1

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