Where's this from?

[Gordon JC Pearce]

Tim Shoppa wrote:
> "Charles E. Fox" <cfox1 at cogeco.ca> wrote:
>> At 11:56 AM 3/4/2006, you wrote:
>>> This has got to be a gag, but what's its origin?
>>>
>>> http://subjunctive.net/images/2004/rand-home-computer.jpg
>>          I am very glad the scientists were not correct.
> 
> I am actually very disappointed that computers don't have as
> much steam, hydraulics, or pneumatics as the typical 50's/"Tom Swift"
> ones did.  I find it much more satisfying when the important tools
> needed are a socket set and chisel.

What you want there is an elderly Citroën.  Sadly they're thin on the 
ground on the left-hand bank of the pond.

Gordon.