23 Sep
2022
23 Sep
'22
5:30 a.m.
On 9/22/22 21:49, Teo Zenios via cctalk wrote:
I assume some of that stuff was purchased for TV show
or movie props.
I recall all of the IBM 1620 front panels in "The Forbin Project", along
with CDC 3000 series (green glass) cabinets. In fact, I recently
pointed out to James at starringthecomputer the inexplicable presence of
three CDC 607 tape drives visible from the opeating room in the pilot of
"Emergency". Only visible for a few seconds, but there they were.
I suspect that the innards of those drives had been stripped out and
simply made to spin the tapes.
--Chuck