4 Feb
2015
4 Feb
'15
8:37 a.m.
This time lets refer to some classic fictional computers used in movies.
Everyone probably knows about the HAL 9000 used in the movie 2001 a Space
Odyssey.
What was the name of HAL's sister computer in the movie 2010 Odyssey two?
That was a warm up question. This one should be more difficult.
What was the designation of the computer in the movie WarGames and what
does it mean?
And finally,
As silly as it was the movie Hackers referred to the mainframe computer in
the movie as a Gibson.
Where did the term Gibson come from?
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Doug Ingraham
PDP-8 SN 1175
4 Feb
4 Feb
9 a.m.
I never saw the 2010 Odyssey ..,. I already fell asleep during the 2001
movie :-/
War games, OTOH, I saw already several times. Great movie.
The big computer was WOPR - War Operations Planner Response (IIRC).
- Henk
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From: Doug Ingraham
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Subject: Weekly Classic Computer Trivia Question (20150204)
This time lets refer to some classic fictional computers used in movies.
Everyone probably knows about the HAL 9000 used in the movie 2001 a Space
Odyssey.
What was the name of HAL's sister computer in the movie 2010 Odyssey two?
That was a warm up question. This one should be more difficult.
What was the designation of the computer in the movie WarGames and what
does it mean?
And finally,
As silly as it was the movie Hackers referred to the mainframe computer in
the movie as a Gibson.
Where did the term Gibson come from?
--
Doug Ingraham
PDP-8 SN 1175
10:17 a.m.
On 4 February 2015 at 12:00, Henk Gooijen <henk.gooijen at hotmail.com> wrote:
I never saw the 2010 Odyssey ..,. I already fell
asleep during the 2001
movie :-/
I've seen both 2001 and 2010. (And read all four of the novels.)
2001
is a masterwork of cinematography but the book is kind of crap. 2010
is a... boringly generic piece of forgettable sci-fi, the book is more
interesting though.
2061 I've somewhat forgotten about, and 3001 was... well it was
definitely a thing.
War games, OTOH, I saw already several times. Great
movie.
The big computer was WOPR - War Operations Planner Response (IIRC).
Never actually watched the movie, I'll admit. But I did recall the
name of the computer.
Since I didn't know the "correct" way to answer these trivia questions
(I only just got back onto the mailing list after it HCF'd last year),
I'll echo what I said in my private e-mail:
On 4 February 2015 at 11:43, Christian Gauger-Cosgrove
<captainkirk359 at gmail.com> wrote:
1. SAL 9000
2. WOPR, "War Operation Plan Response"
3. I always heard it was a reference to quintessential cyberpunk
author William Gibson.
I'm unsure if "the Gibson" is actually a reference to William Gibson
(of "Neuromancer" fame, among other works), but that's what I'd heard.
Cheers,
Christian
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STCKON08DS0
Contact information available upon request.
11:50 a.m.
On 4 Feb 2015, at 8:37, Doug Ingraham <dpi at dustyoldcomputers.com> wrote:
What was the name of HAL's sister computer in the
movie 2010 Odyssey two?
SAL, voiced by Candice Bergen.
That was a warm up question. This one should be more difficult.
What was the designation of the computer in the movie WarGames and what
does it mean?
War Operation Plan Response
Where did the term Gibson come from?
William Gibson, who coined the term ?Cyberspace? in his story ?Burning Chrome?.
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"Mr. McKittrick, after careful consideration?"
12:16 p.m.
1. SAL
2. WOPR - War Operations Planned Response
3. Not sure..after the guitar company?
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On Feb 4, 2015, at 10:37 AM, Doug Ingraham <dpi at
dustyoldcomputers.com> wrote:
This time lets refer to some classic fictional computers used in movies.
Everyone probably knows about the HAL 9000 used in the movie 2001 a Space
Odyssey.
What was the name of HAL's sister computer in the movie 2010 Odyssey two?
That was a warm up question. This one should be more difficult.
What was the designation of the computer in the movie WarGames and what
does it mean?
And finally,
As silly as it was the movie Hackers referred to the mainframe computer in
the movie as a Gibson.
Where did the term Gibson come from?
--
Doug Ingraham
PDP-8 SN 1175
2:24 p.m.
As silly as it was the movie Hackers referred to the mainframe computer in
the movie as a Gibson.
Where did the term Gibson come from?
A benchmark for commercial-type workload in the 1960s was called the "Gibson
Mix"
(presumably after a Mr or Dr Gibson). It predates the Whetstone.
I can't remember whether CCTA ran it on our ICL1905E or the Honeywell L66 that
replaced it.
2:30 p.m.
>>
As silly as it was the movie Hackers referred to the mainframe computer in
the movie as a Gibson. Where did the term Gibson come from?
A benchmark for commercial-type workload in the 1960s was called the "Gibson
Mix"
(presumably after a Mr or Dr Gibson). It predates the Whetstone.
I can't remember whether CCTA ran it on our ICL1905E or the Honeywell L66 that
replaced it.
<<<<
Just looked it up on wiki ? my memory is a bit faulty - it was a benchmark for scientific
workloads and dates from the late 50s.
But, yes, it was devised by a Jack Clark Gibson of IBM.
4:35 p.m.
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From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of ANDY
HOLT
Sent: 04 February 2015 22:30
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Weekly Classic Computer Trivia Question (20150204)
Ah the joys of CCTA tests. I worked on two of those, one for a L66 to DPS300 upgrade at
NERC Bidston, and one for an IBM4381 install at Nerc Wallingford...
>>
As silly as it was the movie Hackers referred to the mainframe
computer in the movie as a Gibson. Where did the term Gibson come from?
A benchmark for commercial-type workload in the 1960s was called the
"Gibson Mix"
(presumably after a Mr or Dr Gibson). It predates the Whetstone.
I can't remember whether CCTA ran it on our ICL1905E or the Honeywell L66 that replaced it.
<<<<
Just looked it up on wiki ? my memory is a bit faulty - it was a benchmark for
scientific workloads and dates from the late 50s.
But, yes, it was devised by a Jack Clark Gibson of IBM.
5 Feb
5 Feb
7:26 a.m.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 5:35 PM, Dave G4UGM <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
This was not a possible answer I was familiar with but I like it.
--
Doug Ingraham
PDP-8 SN 1175
A benchmark for commercial-type workload in the
1960s was called the
"Gibson Mix"
(presumably after a Mr or Dr Gibson). It predates the Whetstone.
I can't remember whether CCTA ran it on our ICL1905E or the Honeywell L66
Ah the joys of CCTA tests. I worked on two of those, one for a L66 to
DPS300 upgrade at NERC Bidston, and one for an IBM4381 install at Nerc
Wallingford...
that replaced it.
<<<<
Just looked it up on wiki ? my memory is a bit faulty - it was a
benchmark for
scientific workloads and dates from the late
50s.
But, yes, it was devised by a Jack Clark Gibson of IBM.
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