11 Nov
2004
11 Nov
'04
11:14 a.m.
I was watching "Connections", (either ep 4 or ep 5 - "Faith in
Numbers" or
"Wheel of Fortune", when about 3 min into the show, James Burke fires up a
Straight-8 w/LED front-panel lights, and at least a couple of DECtape drives,
all to control a planetarium.
I just about fell off the couch!
http://www.documentary-video.com/displayitem.cfm?vid=854
-ethan
P.S. - to make this doubly on-topic, I was watching this on Betamax. I think
the South Pole has the largest Beta repository on the planet - several hundred
original tapes. I probably found about one or two a week to watch, all year
long, from "Soylent Green" to "2001" to "Forbidden Planet",
and lots more!
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11 Nov
11 Nov
11:18 a.m.
I was watching "Connections", (either ep 4
or ep 5 - "Faith in Numbers" or
"Wheel of Fortune", when about 3 min into the show, James Burke fires up a
Straight-8 w/LED front-panel lights, and at least a couple of DECtape drives,
all to control a planetarium.
I just about fell off the couch!
LARGE deal.
The last episode (I think) has a better scene.
William Donzelli
aw288(a)osfn.org
4:06 p.m.
My thrill moment was when Jacob Bronowski 3D animated a
middle-age chalice into a DNA strand on "The Accent of Man"
Waaay back in 1976 or so. Adage, Imlac, or E&S? I couldn't
tell you.
John A.
12 Nov
12 Nov
7:06 a.m.
John Allain wrote:
My thrill moment was when Jacob Bronowski 3D animated
a
middle-age chalice into a DNA strand on "The Accent of Man"
Waaay back in 1976 or so. Adage, Imlac, or E&S? I couldn't
tell you.
Some people belive that the Accent of Man, was do to the Accent
of Woman, and the the invention of a skin/leather sack to carry food and
babies around back to the trees before the pre-humans became fully
upright.
11 Nov
11 Nov
11:33 a.m.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
I was watching "Connections", (either ep 4
or ep 5 - "Faith in Numbers" or
"Wheel of Fortune", when about 3 min into the show, James Burke fires up a
Straight-8 w/LED front-panel lights, and at least a couple of DECtape drives,
all to control a planetarium.
I liked the music that went with the scene. I just hope you are not
planning to get
that interface option. :) I wonder if that 8 is still in service in the UK?
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