17 Oct
2012
17 Oct
'12
1:49 p.m.
My AN/FSQ-7 computer tribute site received a bit of publicity in Wired
Magazine:
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/movie-computers/
My web server is heating up. :-)
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
17 Oct
17 Oct
3:37 p.m.
I'm shocked. A reference will go to my Sci-Fi blog.
About the movies cited... well, the comment about Dr.Strangelove and
the 7094 under the arm of Peter Sellers is interesting knowing the
care for the details in his productions of Stanley Kubrick.
About the rest... The reference to Jay and Silent Bob movie is funny,
but the comment about the Towering Inferno is the BEST. No doubt.
SPc.
2012/10/17 Mike Loewen <mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us>:
My AN/FSQ-7 computer tribute site received a bit of publicity in Wired
Magazine:
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/movie-computers/
4:03 p.m.
On 17-10-2012 19:49, Mike Loewen wrote:
My AN/FSQ-7 computer tribute site received a bit of publicity in Wired
Magazine:
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/movie-computers/
Many of these are actually featured on the great site: "Starring
the Computer" <http://www.starringthecomputer.com>.
- MG
4:12 p.m.
On Wed, 17 Oct 2012, MG wrote:
On 17-10-2012 19:49, Mike Loewen wrote:
James Carter and his "Starring the Computer" site are also mentioned in
the article.
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
My AN/FSQ-7 computer tribute site received a bit of publicity in Wired
Magazine:
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/movie-computers/
Many of these are actually featured on the great site: "Starring
the Computer" <http://www.starringthecomputer.com>. 
11:08 p.m.
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Mike Loewen <mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us>wrote:
My AN/FSQ-7 computer tribute site received a bit of publicity in Wired
Magazine:
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/10/movie-computers/
http://www.starringthecomputer.com/feature.html?f=50
Weird analysis about the VAX 780 in Seven - I don't think it's outside the
realm of possibility that a police department would still be using one in
the mid-90's. The college I went to was still chugging along on an old
Amdahl 370-clone in the same time period - as the primary mail server and
host for various licensed apps (mainly SPSS) Given IT wasn't the hot cost
center it is today, I'd imagine most police departments would be loathe to
shell out for an upgrade to something that still probably worked just fine.
Now, why the director put that thing the precinct room is another question.
Artistic license?
Also, that episode of Bancek with the fake "supercomputer" was outstanding.
Kind of a "Murders in the Rue Morgue" plotline, sans the murders.
18 Oct
18 Oct
12:58 a.m.
You never knows with David Fincher. Perhaps a private joke (Seven-7-780...)
Or something similar to the VaxBar initiative.
SPc.
2012/10/18 Jason McBrien <jbmcb1 at gmail.com>:
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 1:49 PM, Mike Loewen
<mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us>wrote:
http://www.starringthecomputer.com/feature.html?f=50
Weird analysis about the VAX 780 in Seven - I don't think it's outside the
realm of possibility that a police department would still be using one in
the mid-90's.
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