5 Jul
2009
5 Jul
'09
5:42 p.m.
Right now, the "This" network is showing the movie "Billion Dollar
Brain" (1967). Stars Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley and Oscar
Homolka. Terrible plot and acting, but some really great shots of a
Honeywell H200 system in operation.
*So* much sexier-looking than an IBM 1401. Anyone on the list ever
use one?
--Chuck
6 Jul
6 Jul
5:49 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
Right now, the "This" network is showing the
movie "Billion Dollar
Brain" (1967). Stars Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley and Oscar
Homolka. Terrible plot and acting, but some really great shots of a
Honeywell H200 system in operation.
*So* much sexier-looking than an IBM 1401. Anyone on the list ever
use one?
--Chuck
cool looking machine. This is a great site for this topic:
http://starringthecomputer.com/feature.php?f=40
/P
8:20 a.m.
On 6 Jul 2009 at 14:49, Pontus wrote:
cool looking machine. This is a great site for this
topic:
http://starringthecomputer.com/feature.php?f=40
The shot of the IBM 029 with the logo carefully taped over with a
"HONEYWELL" sticker is pretty funny. Given that (as evidenced by the
closing credits) the whole setup was provided by Honeywell, there was
no way that the name "IBM" would ever be permitted to appear in the
film.
In one shot of the machine room, there is visible a bank of tape
drives on the other side of a window. Anyone know what they are?
--Chuck
9:51 a.m.
Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 6 Jul 2009 at 14:49, Pontus wrote:
Indeed, someone went a little overboard with product placement in that movie,
compare the front panel shown in the movie (last photo on web site above) and
that shown in a photo on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell_200
cool looking machine. This is a great site for
this topic:
http://starringthecomputer.com/feature.php?f=40
The shot of the IBM 029 with the logo carefully taped over with a
"HONEYWELL" sticker is pretty funny. Given that (as evidenced by the
closing credits) the whole setup was provided by Honeywell, there was
no way that the name "IBM" would ever be permitted to appear in the
film.
10:16 a.m.
On 6 Jul 2009 at 9:51, Brent Hilpert wrote:
Indeed, someone went a little overboard with product
placement in that
movie, compare the front panel shown in the movie (last photo on web
site above) and that shown in a photo on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell_200
Addresses? We don't need no stinking addresses! Doubtless some
props guy was given a roll of adhesive "Honeywell" labels and
instructed to make sure that *every* piece of equipment had the
Honeywell label. In the case of the 029, the label hasn't even been
affixed so it's straight!
On a related subject, does anyone know of any web-based photos of
Emmett's "Forget me not" Computer? All traces seem to have vanished--
and archive.org comes up empty.
--Chuck
1:36 p.m.
> Right now, the "This" network is showing
the movie "Billion Dollar
> Brain" (1967). Stars Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley and Oscar
> Homolka. Terrible plot and acting, but some really great shots of a
> Honeywell H200 system in operation.
Is that the movie the boy gets eletroculted in the computer and becomes
super-intelligent, making tests in seconds???
I'm looking for this film for ages...
1:49 p.m.
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 1:36 PM, Alexandre
Souza<alexandre-listas at e-secure.com.br> wrote:
I think you're thinking of
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Computer_Wore_Tennis_Shoes
John
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> Right now,
the "This" network is showing the movie "Billion Dollar
> Brain" (1967). ?Stars Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley and Oscar
> Homolka. ?Terrible plot and acting, but some really great shots of a
> Honeywell H200 system in operation.
? Is that the movie the boy gets eletroculted in the computer and becomes
super-intelligent, making tests in seconds???
? I'm looking for this film for ages...
1:50 p.m.
Is that the movie the boy gets electrocuted in the
computer and
becomes
super-intelligent, making tests in seconds???
I'm looking for this film for ages...
No, the movie you are talking about is called "The Computer Wore Tennis
Shoes".
Rick Bensene
The Old Calculator Museum
http://oldcalculatormuseum.com
3:27 p.m.
At 05:36 PM 7/6/2009 -0300, you wrote:
Perhaps you are thinking of "The
Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" starring a
very young Kurt Russel
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>Right now,
the "This" network is showing the movie "Billion Dollar
>Brain" (1967). Stars Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Ed Begley and Oscar
>Homolka. Terrible plot and acting, but some really great shots of a
>Honeywell H200 system in operation.
Is that the movie the boy gets eletroculted in the computer and
becomes super-intelligent, making tests in seconds???
I'm looking for this film for ages...
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