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Take a look at the pictures below and see if you can identify this device. As you can see there is a light display on the cover which indicates a binary progression from 1 (20) to 32768 (215)

Is this a home brew binary counter of some sort? When was it manufactured?

Blinking Lights?

Housed in a box with "Magnavox" on the lower front corner and measuring 12" x 5" x 5" (30.48cm x 12.7cm x 12.7cm), this tightly packed assemlage of components performed a function I cannot identify. The most interesting thing about this unit is the set of front panel lights, numbering 1 through 32768, the first 16 powers of 2, if you count 20. On the underside of the box is the ID label, but I cannot quite read the handwriting. On the back are two RCA jacks, a reset button (?), and an AC powercord















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http://www.vintagecomputer.net/magnavox_mystery.cfm

This is fasinating. Looks like a very early binary counter a bit like the Altair. I reworked all your photos Crusty.