Sridhar Ayengar wrote: Obviously there's a geek on that production staff somewhere. I wonder if it would be possible to find out who. Peace... Sridhar -------------- Well... maybe. Far more likely that it is part of the warehouse stock that most studios keep. For longer than I can remember, they have set people who go around to the auctions and buy up anything that looks like it might fit in a movie. I've run into them at flea markets and some of the scrap yards. I've been told by one of them, that there are literally warehouses full of stuff that looks "sci-fi-ish" - ie, blinking lights. I know of at least two large CDC sites that were bought at auction just for the tapes and consoles. Of course, they then add a lot of lights and install the flash and smoke bombs for the inevitable "computer goes insane and explodes" clich?. One of their current sources of baubles is: http://www.apexelectronic.com/ Billy