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On Tue, 23 Sep 1997, Hans Pufal wrote: One thing I forgot to mention that is also interesting is that there was absolutely no mention of IMSAI in the credits! Not that I saw at least. Perhaps it was the Fisher-Freitas guys who snuck the IMSAI into the movie? What's neat is that this movie came out in 1983, probably filmed in 1982 or so. This is still nearly 3 years after the heyday of the IMSAI. Well, maybe not, but when you think of it in terms of the fact that the Apple was pretty much THE home computer, and Atari and Commodore were also a presence, its interesting they chose to use an IMSAI. Ithink it was very cool that they chose to use an IMSAI. Maybe its because they were trying to convey that David had some big, powerful computer. They would have done well using an Apple as they could've had all the necessary peripherals to pull it off (voice synth, etc) and everyone could relate to it. An Atari or Commodore setup would not have looked nearly as impressive, and besides, only weenies hacked from Ataris or Commodores :) Maybe they chose an IMSAI because not many people in the general public had one at that point (most people had Apples or TRS-80s or what-not) and they wanted to make David's exploits more plausible by the fact that he had this big, powerful looking computer with lights and switches on it? Sam Alternate e-mail: dastar(a)siconic.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Historian, Programmer, Musician, Philosopher, Athlete, Writer, Jackass Attend the First Annual Vintage Computer Festival See http://www.siconic.com/vcf for details!