5 Aug
1998
5 Aug
'98
4:49 p.m.
At 12:40 PM 8/5/98 -0800, you wrote:
OR... for those of you on the East Coast (or those who would like an
excuse to go there), the 'Alpha Control' folk own the complete "Jupiter
2"
flight deck console and do offer tours. You can take your own pictures and
have a LIS fantasy flight (YIMV). Details on that on the Alpha Control web
site as well...
BTW: They also offer a videotape of the flight deck with everything
running/blinking/etc...
-jim
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Well... Just
for reference, the Burroughs machines were very popular with
the TV and Movie industry as props due to the large number of lights on the
panels. A number of the Burroughs 205 programmers consoles can be seen on
the show "Lost In Space" as the flight consoles on the bridge of the
"Jupiter 2" spaceship
If that is the case, some of the old "Lost in Space" fan produced books
might be able to help you reproduce the console. I've seen a couple of
them that had VERY detailed diagrams in them of all the panels on the
Jupiter 2.
>A fan group of this show called "Alpha Control" (found at
>www.alphacontrol.com) does have some 'extra' panels for sale as memoribelia
>(can't spell that) of the show for only $7500US.