6 May
2024
6 May
'24
7:41 a.m.
Hey everyone,
My better half recently turned this on and also a podcast with the
creator/director. They mentioned they visited "someone" with a working
VAX 11/780 to get b-roll footage for the movie. Which one of us was
it? :D
In all seriousness, it would be fun to try and get a vintage copy of
the PROMIS software running on something (I assume it was VAX/VMS in
its original incarnation, but many other screenshots show
SNA/greenscreen implementations.)
Cheers, all!
--
-Jon
+44 7792 149029
6 May
6 May
9:53 a.m.
I do know the VAX-11/780 very well (although I do only own a /750), but
what is the PROMIS software good for? Does it run on ancient VMS versions
(i.e. V4 or earlier)?
Jonathan Katz via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> schrieb am Mo., 6. Mai
2024, 16:41:
Hey everyone,
My better half recently turned this on and also a podcast with the
creator/director. They mentioned they visited "someone" with a working
VAX 11/780 to get b-roll footage for the movie. Which one of us was
it? :D
In all seriousness, it would be fun to try and get a vintage copy of
the PROMIS software running on something (I assume it was VAX/VMS in
its original incarnation, but many other screenshots show
SNA/greenscreen implementations.)
Cheers, all!
--
-Jon
+44 7792 149029
10:32 a.m.
It dates back to the early 1980s and seems to run on VMS. It was
specialised software for law enforcement used to manage casework, but
could also do some pattern matching. Almost like a "prehistoric
Palantir" based upon what the documentary said. There was a large
scandal involving the software, involving stolen source code and the
government trying to bankrupt the software company (which is still in
business.)
On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 5:53 PM Hans-Ulrich Hölscher via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I do know the VAX-11/780 very well (although I do only own a /750), but
what is the PROMIS software good for? Does it run on ancient VMS versions
(i.e. V4 or earlier)?
10:25 a.m.
My museum is in the credits, so it was probably me...
Patrick Finnegan
On Mon, May 6, 2024, 10:42 Jonathan Katz via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Hey everyone,
My better half recently turned this on and also a podcast with the
creator/director. They mentioned they visited "someone" with a working
VAX 11/780 to get b-roll footage for the movie. Which one of us was
it? :D
In all seriousness, it would be fun to try and get a vintage copy of
the PROMIS software running on something (I assume it was VAX/VMS in
its original incarnation, but many other screenshots show
SNA/greenscreen implementations.)
Cheers, all!
--
-Jon
+44 7792 149029
10:30 a.m.
Awesome! I figured I'd know someone involved. Did you actually get a
vintage version of PROMIS running? They talk about it being so
"revolutionary" in the documentary, but it just seems like any other
database?
On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 6:25 PM Patrick Finnegan <pat(a)vax11.net> wrote:
My museum is in the credits, so it was probably me...
Patrick Finnegan
10:35 a.m.
There was some movie magic, so no running version of promis. I did the
screen design myself for the TVI 950 based on pictures of screens running
the software that Christian and Zach provided.
They came last year and did a day of filming after a couple days of setting
up the set at my place. Supposedly I was the only person they could find
with a VAX 11/780 running that had somewhere they could film it (presumably
also in their budget).
They did pay me a bit for the location, but the whole experience was great.
I'm happy it finally came out so I can talk about it.
Patrick Finnegan
On Mon, May 6, 2024, 13:30 Jonathan Katz via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Awesome! I figured I'd know someone involved. Did
you actually get a
vintage version of PROMIS running? They talk about it being so
"revolutionary" in the documentary, but it just seems like any other
database?
On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 6:25 PM Patrick Finnegan <pat(a)vax11.net> wrote:
My museum is in the credits, so it was probably me...
Patrick Finnegan
12:09 p.m.
On Mon, May 6, 2024 at 10:36 AM Patrick Finnegan via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
There was some movie magic, so no running version of
promis. I did the
screen design myself for the TVI 950 based on pictures of screens running
the software that Christian and Zach provided.
They came last year and did a day of filming after a couple days of setting
up the set at my place. Supposedly I was the only person they could find
with a VAX 11/780 running that had somewhere they could film it (presumably
also in their budget).
They did pay me a bit for the location, but the whole experience was great.
I'm happy it finally came out so I can talk about it.
Patrick Finnegan
The nice thing is that this should lead to further similar engagements for
you in the future.
Good work.
Sellam
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