Catch and Halt Fire - Drama set in early days of personal

This is nothing particularly new. I remember watching movies and TV shows that displayed tap drives as 'computers'. Not to mention having them 'blow up real good' when something was thrown at them. Just realize that every specialist is likely to find something wrong in media created by people unfamiliar with their speciality, be it computers, aircraft or plumbing. In some ways, the Star Trek movie scene in which (I believe) Scotty talked into a mouse was a direct (and funny) poke at the issue. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Duell" <ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk> To: cctalk at classiccmp.org Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2014 11:11:37 AM Subject: Re: Catch and Halt Fire - Drama set in early days of personal In my case (and I suspect for others here), having a TV programme or film which is technically very inaccurate means it is no longer entertaining. It is, in fact, quite unpleasant to watch. I suspect it's like listening to a piece of music played by out-of-tune instruments, -tony