Taken from my Grandpa’s fuse box before the house is sold. Google translate isn’t helping. What’s it say?

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  1. This is blinkenlights jargon. Haven’t seen this in ages. Do you have any clue on when this was made?

  2. This is, as someone already wrote, blinkenlights jargon. It is a mishmash of German and English, heres the start:

    (It) is forbidden

    To poke (this) with fingers

    Grabbing right in the middle

    Will (cause) fuses (to) blow

    And snap

    See also „Blinkenlights“ on any self-respecting wiki, guide to the galaxy or BBS text archive.

  3. This is a piece of machine and especially IT history. A lot of older admins have this still hanging around somewhere in their office. Was your grandpa in IT? We still have this printed out in our hackerspace.

    When the internet was still new, this was circulated in the Jargonfile.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jargon_File

    I also like the German version:

    „ATTENTION
    This room is fullfilled mit special electronische equippment.
    Fingergrabbing and pressing the cnoeppkes from the computers is allowed for die experts only!
    So all the “lefthanders” stay away and do not disturben the brainstorming von here working intelligencies.
    Otherwise you will be out thrown and kicked anderswhere!
    Also: please keep still and only watchen astaunished the blinkenlights.“

  4. I love this piece, but it is mostly in English.

    Basically… poking is forbidden. If your grab with your mittens(hands) it will blow a fuse and (snap?) the wires with a puff of smoke and sparks shooting everywhere.

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