[mrweasel]

Well, how about this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%85gesta_Nuclear_Plant#/med...

This is from Swedens Ågesta Nuclear Plant, the first in the country.

I don't really get why you'd need all the used floor space. That seems to really be the key difference from those early control rooms and more modern ones. The old ones had you walking around and the new ones are designed to keep you seated. Still, it seems like the old ones had an excessive amount of floor space.

[varjag]

Heat dissipation and gracious distances for installation and servicing.

[roryirvine]

Good point - all those incandescent lamps must have put out huge amounts of heat.

Similarly, the stereotypical giant plasma displays in old-school telco/ISP NOCs made for a properly toasty environment. I know one ISP in the early 2000s who had to bring in a spare datacentre aircon unit to reinforce the puny office system which was completely unable to cope by itself.

[masfuerte]

It has Playtime vibes.

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

[justsomehnguy]

That's because you look at it with a modern eye.

It required a lot of wires back in the day. A lot.