22 Aug
2007
22 Aug
'07
2:45 a.m.
So I'm watching old Stargate SG-1 episodes getting ready for the
upcoming movies, and in a scene from Season 2 episode 20 titled "Show
and Tell" I find:
http://rikers.org/tmp/sg1hp.jpg
Guess it's apparent why dialing the gate takes so long. They have not
upgraded the computers since the 70s. Looks like an HP-2112 or 2113 to
me. The hard drive below it is newer than my HP-7901 drives. I'm
guessing HP-7905 or HP-7906.
Anyone see any other vintage computers on the set?
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22 Aug
22 Aug
3:31 a.m.
Tim Riker wrote:
So I'm watching old Stargate SG-1 episodes getting ready for the
upcoming movies, and in a scene from Season 2 episode 20 titled "Show
and Tell" I find:
http://rikers.org/tmp/sg1hp.jpg
Guess it's apparent why dialing the gate takes so long. They have not
upgraded the computers since the 70s.
That would be about right, the last upgrade was probably when it was the "The
Time Tunnel".
Looks like an HP-2112 or 2113 to
me. The hard drive below it is newer than my HP-7901 drives. I'm
guessing HP-7905 or HP-7906.
Anyone see any other vintage computers on the set?
3:46 a.m.
Tim Riker wrote:
Anyone see any other vintage computers on the set?
You are very lucky to find any computers really other than
some sort of military command center and even then it is
mostly some sort of control console in most Si-Fi.
I think EGYPT not HP with SG-1, and that I would expect
to cover most Alien/UFO/Space type Si-Fi.
** COMPUTERS ** are a EARTH ONLY item.
Ben
PS. Star Trek/2001/Martian successor Nadesico
are the only ones I can think of that have computers
as a major components in the si-fi that I have seen
and the A.I. always goes insane.
'Lost in Space' has a classic computer console but I have
never seen it on T.V. except for one really bad episode.
I think this covers Si-Fi and computer use; that must be
the only HP shot ever used.
8:13 p.m.
woodelf <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca> wrote:
Tim Riker wrote:
Lol. Martian Successor Nadesico doesn't count as it's anime (Japanese cartoon), a
modern one at that.
Anyone see any other vintage computers on >
>the set?
You are very lucky to find any computers really > other than
some sort of military command center and
even then it is
mostly some sort of control console in most
Si-Fi.
I think EGYPT not HP with SG-1, and that I
would expect
to cover most Alien/UFO/Space type Si-Fi.
** COMPUTERS ** are a EARTH ONLY item.
Ben
PS. Star Trek/2001/Martian successor Nadesico
are the only ones I can think of that have computers
as a major components in the si-fi that I have seen
and the A.I. always goes insane. 'Lost in Space' has a classic computer console
but I > have
never seen it on T.V. except for one really bad
episode.
I think this covers Si-Fi and computer use; that must > be
the only HP shot ever used.
Lost In Space (60's Tv series) has a whole bunch of old computers featured in the
first couple of episodes (B&W ones too!) before they leave earth.
The Jupiter 2 (the Robinsons space ship in LIS) has various consoles (blinking lights
etc.) on the "upper deck" and the "lower deck" is mainly their
sleeping quarters. I'm sure that they feature some mag tape units in one, or possibly
both, of the decks.
I think Time Tunnel features more old computers than Lost In Space, atleast in the HQ
anyway. (Yes, I am a fan of Irwin Allens and have seen pretty much all his TV shows, but
that's OT so I'll say no more).
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk
23 Aug
23 Aug
9:09 p.m.
Hi,
I think Time Tunnel features more old computers than
Lost In Space, atleast in the HQ anyway....
Funnily enough....I've just been eating my way through the entire series of
"The Time Tunnel".
This discussion got me wondering whether any of the "computers" in the
background were real machines, or are they all props (as I've always
assumed)?
....(Yes, I am a fan of Irwin Allens and have seen
pretty much
all his TV shows, but that's OT so I'll say no more).
Ah, but he predicted that one day we'd all be using the same
computers....I'm sure I've seen the same machines as in the Time Tunnel in
both the Seaview and the Jupiter II! ;-)
TTFN - Pete.
9:21 p.m.
On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Ensor wrote:
Funnily enough....I've just been eating my way
through the entire series of
"The Time Tunnel".
This discussion got me wondering whether any of the "computers" in the
background were real machines, or are they all props (as I've always
assumed)?
Oh they were real, all right. The "computers" in the Time Tunnel were
sections of the maintenance consoles and radar inputs panels from the
AN/FSQ-7 (SAGE) computer from the late 1950s. See my web page for more
than you ever wanted to know about SAGE on screen:
http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Q7/
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
22 Aug
22 Aug
10:43 a.m.
On 8/22/07, Tim Riker <Tim at rikers.org> wrote:
Anyone see any other vintage computers on the set?
Not completely vintage, but I've noticed that in early and mid
episodes, Stargate Command is a fan of the IBM Model M keyboard.
Perhaps they recognized its dual utility as a weapon :)
3:23 p.m.
On Aug 22, 2007, at 2:45 AM, Tim Riker wrote:
So I'm watching old Stargate SG-1 episodes getting
ready for the
upcoming movies, and in a scene from Season 2 episode 20 titled "Show
and Tell" I find:
http://rikers.org/tmp/sg1hp.jpg
Guess it's apparent why dialing the gate takes so long. They have not
upgraded the computers since the 70s. Looks like an HP-2112 or 2113 to
me. The hard drive below it is newer than my HP-7901 drives. I'm
guessing HP-7905 or HP-7906.
Anyone see any other vintage computers on the set?
There was one early episode of SG-1 in which an RL01/RL02 disk
pack, painted gray, was fastened to a wall and used as a door
opener. One would pull the handle down and back up, and the door
would open.
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Farewell Ophelia, 9/22/1991 - 7/25/2007
3:30 p.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
On Aug 22, 2007, at 2:45 AM, Tim Riker wrote:
Obviously there's a geek on that production staff somewhere. I wonder
if it would be possible to find out who.
Peace... Sridhar
So I'm watching old Stargate SG-1 episodes
getting ready for the
upcoming movies, and in a scene from Season 2 episode 20 titled "Show
and Tell" I find:
http://rikers.org/tmp/sg1hp.jpg
Guess it's apparent why dialing the gate takes so long. They have not
upgraded the computers since the 70s. Looks like an HP-2112 or 2113 to
me. The hard drive below it is newer than my HP-7901 drives. I'm
guessing HP-7905 or HP-7906.
Anyone see any other vintage computers on the set?
There was one early episode of SG-1 in which an RL01/RL02 disk pack,
painted gray, was fastened to a wall and used as a door opener. One
would pull the handle down and back up, and the door would open.
4:24 p.m.
Dave McGuire wrote:
There was one early episode of SG-1 in which an
RL01/RL02 disk pack,
painted gray, was fastened to a wall and used as a door opener. One
would pull the handle down and back up, and the door would open.
I'd be interested to know the episode.
--
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Embedded Linux Technologist - http://eLinux.org/
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8:53 p.m.
I thought everyone knew that the O/S at Stargate command was HP-IPL/OS
running on 2113's.
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Subject: HP computers on Stargate SG-1
So I'm watching old Stargate SG-1 episodes getting
ready for the
upcoming movies, and in a scene from Season 2 episode 20 titled "Show
and Tell" I find:
http://rikers.org/tmp/sg1hp.jpg
Guess it's apparent why dialing the gate takes so long. They have not
upgraded the computers since the 70s. Looks like an HP-2112 or 2113 to
me. The hard drive below it is newer than my HP-7901 drives. I'm
guessing HP-7905 or HP-7906.
Anyone see any other vintage computers on the set?
--
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Embedded Linux Technologist - http://eLinux.org/
BZFlag maintainer - http://BZFlag.org/ - for fun!
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