What to do with a button box

Post date: 2020-01-26 10:55:24
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What can I do with an old (psychology) button box?

I've come into possession of an old button box (the type used for psychology experiments). Pictures here. There's absolutely no branding or naming information on it so I opened it up and the it says "Carnegie Button Box" on the board. I'd love to use it for something if I can, but I don't know what I would need to make it play nice with a modern computer, or if such a hookup would even be possible. Any idea if I could use it for anything, or should I accept that it'll just be a cool useless thing I have?

I have programming experience but am not experienced with hardware and I want to avoid physically modding it in any way. One of the pictures shows the inputs. I have a Dell desktop with Windows 10 that I could keep it hooked up to that has spare USB ports (but no extra VGA or anything that looks like the other ports on the box). I could also hook it up to my Macbook pro but I'd prefer a more permanent hookup to the desktop. I guess I've also gotta find some kind of power cable for it too, but I can't find any info on the internet about this thing. Any idea on whether I could use it with a modern computer and how (what I need to buy to hook it up, how I could get to a point where I can program stuff for it, etc)?
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