Please all be careful here. Myself and a friend lent some beautiful Teletype Model
28's ASRs and KSRs with special reperfs, etc. My friend, the real TTY expert,
accompanied the machines on set of a TV pilot ("GOOD GIRLS REVOLT "). When they
were returned to him, all three of his machines were destroyed. Mine fared better but his
were destroyed. And yes, he put a claim into his insurance, but the machines are not
easily replaced. On the greenkeys list (where tty's are discussed) there are many
horror stories of equipment rentals gone bad. We all want the history preserved and one
way to do that is to reintroduce new audiences to historic technology. So these movies and
TV shows have their place. Just don't lend anything you aren't prepared to have
returned to you in pieces.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Girls_Revolt
Here are some pictures of the set where the machines were used).
http://w2hx.com/x/TTY/GoodGirlsRevolt/
73 Eugene W2HX
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at
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Sent: Monday, March 13, 2017 3:55 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Looking for Apollo Workstations for TV show
Be sure to ask what they will do with those devices. I've read some horror stories
about people who provide stuff to moviemakers only to find out afterwards that they have
been destroyed as part of the film.
That may not apply here, but still, it's worth getting the right guarantees in
writing, and a very substantial insurance.
paul
On Mar 13, 2017, at 3:10 PM, Oldcomputers via cctalk
<cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
Get your systems on TV!
Begin forwarded message:
> From: Olivia Tanner <oktanner at gmail.com>
> Date: March 13, 2017 at 11:45:13 AM PDT
> To: steve at
oldcomputers.net
> Subject: Fwd: Looking for Apollo Workstations
>
> Hello Steve,
>
> I am working on an AMC TV series called "Halt & Catch Fire" and I came
across your website during my search for Apollo Workstations. The show is set in 1993, and
we're looking for three complete workstations from that era. Would you have any that
we could possibly purchase or rent? If not, would you know of another place I could look?
>
> I didn't see these on your list of items, but we are also interested in Sun
SparcStation 10 workstations and Silicon Graphics workstations from 1993 and before.
>
> Please let me know as soon as you have a chance if you would be willing to work with
us. Thank you very much for your time!
>
> All the best,
>
> Olivia
>
>
> Olivia Tanner
>
> Set Dec Coordinator
> "Halt & Catch Fire"/ Season 4
> Stalwart Films, LLC
> 4280 Northeast Expressway, Atlanta, GA 30340
> c: 661-889-3282 / o: 404-662-4052
>