27 Dec
2004
27 Dec
'04
8:20 p.m.
After hearing about the big earthquake and tsunamis that pounded the Far
East, I found myself wondering about one of my all-time favorite sci-fi
authors, Arthur C. Clarke. He lives in Sri Lanka, one of the areas that
was hit hardest, so I was snooping around the Web to see if I could find
any info as to whether or not he is okay. During my search, I came
across this real cool pic of him working hard on 2010: Odyssey 2. The
copyright date on the picture is 1984, so it is no surprise that a
couple cool classics would be involved. Check it out...
http://www.lsi.usp.br/~rbianchi/clarke/ACC.Kaypro.gif
27 Dec
27 Dec
8:32 p.m.
He's okay. I found the answer here:
http://www.clarkefoundation.org/
--- Scarletdown <gsutton9503(a)wavecable.com> wrote:
After hearing about the big earthquake and tsunamis
that pounded the Far
East, I found myself wondering about one of my all-time favorite sci-fi
authors, Arthur C. Clarke. He lives in Sri Lanka, one of the areas that
was hit hardest, so I was snooping around the Web to see if I could find
any info as to whether or not he is okay. During my search, I came
across this real cool pic of him working hard on 2010: Odyssey 2. The
copyright date on the picture is 1984, so it is no surprise that a
couple cool classics would be involved. Check it out...
http://www.lsi.usp.br/~rbianchi/clarke/ACC.Kaypro.gif
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28 Dec
28 Dec
5:20 a.m.
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Scarletdown wrote:
any info as to whether or not he is okay. During my
search, I came
across this real cool pic of him working hard on 2010: Odyssey 2. The
copyright date on the picture is 1984, so it is no surprise that a
couple cool classics would be involved. Check it out...
http://www.lsi.usp.br/~rbianchi/clarke/ACC.Kaypro.gif
This reminds me. I went and saw "The Life Aquatic" the other day (I
thought it was too long and kind of mediocre compared to Wes Anderson's
previous two films) and in the movie there are two TRS-80 Model 4
computers in their on-ship lab. They're used to communicate two useless
dolphins that tag along with the ship.
I'm not sure if the movie was supposed to be set back in the 1980s or if
their equipment was just really outdated.
While I'm at it, I'm sure everyone who is in to vintage computer geek
sightings in movies noticed the Apple ][ in "The Royal Tennenbaums".
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5:21 a.m.
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004, Scarletdown wrote:
After hearing about the big earthquake and tsunamis
that pounded the Far
East, I found myself wondering about one of my all-time favorite sci-fi
authors, Arthur C. Clarke. He lives in Sri Lanka, one of the areas that
was hit hardest, so I was snooping around the Web to see if I could find
any info as to whether or not he is okay. During my search, I came
across this real cool pic of him working hard on 2010: Odyssey 2. The
copyright date on the picture is 1984, so it is no surprise that a
couple cool classics would be involved. Check it out...
http://www.lsi.usp.br/~rbianchi/clarke/ACC.Kaypro.gif
The computer in the background is most likely a Televideo with dual
built-in 5.25" disk drives. I don't know the model number but I've got
one.
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