18 Apr
2005
18 Apr
'05
9:21 a.m.
While working the flea market this weekend I picked a VHS copy WarGames and
watched it Sunday afternoon. It was strange to watch the many shots of
mainframes that were in the movie but I notice none seem to be in air
condition rooms? One looks like a 360 or 370 system and another shot may be
a minicomputer with all the disk/tape drives and printers. That IMSAI still
looks great in his room, wasn't that computer sold on eBay? The VHS tape
was only 50 cent at the market.
18 Apr
18 Apr
10:34 a.m.
At 11:21 AM -0500 4/18/05, Keys wrote:
While working the flea market this weekend I picked a
VHS copy
WarGames and watched it Sunday afternoon. It was strange to watch
the many shots of mainframes that were in the movie but I notice
none seem to be in air condition rooms? One looks like a 360 or 370
system and another shot may be a minicomputer with all the disk/tape
drives and printers.
It's been a long time since I've watched that movie so my memory is
hazy. However I can say that some of the scenes were shot in the CSU
Long Beach computer center while (or just after) I was there. At the
time there was a CDC (could have been a 3150 or 6600, I no longer
remember) and a PDP-11/70. As I recall, the CDC was visible in
several shots; I don't recall the /70 being shown. I can assure you,
the machines were indeed air conditioned.
There was another shot (or several) of a "technician"; don't remember
the character's name. This was shot just outside the machine room in
what was at the time an analyst cubicle area. (Our actual technician
room was not used; it was pretty small.)
John
11:21 a.m.
The best shot of that movie is the Computer Center in Norad, as
McKitrick is walking the White House advises from the conference room to
the Wopr, you see him saying "this is our computer center where we
monitor the state of the world, weather patterns, troop movements"
(yadda yadda yadda...) and you just see row after gorgeous row of
computers...
Curt
John A. Dundas III wrote:
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While working the flea market this weekend I
picked a VHS copy
WarGames and watched it Sunday afternoon. It was strange to watch
the many shots of mainframes that were in the movie but I notice none
seem to be in air condition rooms? One looks like a 360 or 370
system and another shot may be a minicomputer with all the disk/tape
drives and printers.
It's been a long time since I've watched that movie so my memory is
hazy. However I can say that some of the scenes were shot in the CSU
Long Beach computer center while (or just after) I was there. At the
time there was a CDC (could have been a 3150 or 6600, I no longer
remember) and a PDP-11/70. As I recall, the CDC was visible in
several shots; I don't recall the /70 being shown. I can assure you,
the machines were indeed air conditioned.
There was another shot (or several) of a "technician"; don't remember
the character's name. This was shot just outside the machine room in
what was at the time an analyst cubicle area. (Our actual technician
room was not used; it was pretty small.)
John
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