On Tue, 8 Apr 2003, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
It could be that there's a vintage geek on the
show's writing crew. But
anyway, I don't know why they didn't just make it an Altair. It's not
like they would be violating copyrights or giving some company free
advertising. Who knows.
How much does it cost for a "product placement"?
Might there be a studio POLICY that NO product name goes unmangled until
fees are paid?
OR
If they used a REAL name, then geeks would write in griping about
inaccuracies of model number, etc. If they HAD said Altair, and used a
homemade mockup, instead of a real one, then they would become the subject
of lots of email on lists like this.
Therefore, what they had probably WAS a Nortair. The only Nortair to ever
exist.