On 7/24/2015 6:41 PM, Mike Loewen wrote:
On Fri, 24 Jul 2015, Chuck Guzis wrote:

On 07/24/2015 04:20 PM, Mark Linimon wrote:
 On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 04:53:01PM -0600, Eric Smith wrote:
>  It's not a real computer unless it has a real front panel with
>  switches and blinkenlights.

Ever watch any old reruns of "Wonder Woman".  Lots of blinkin' lights;
no computer.  Or you could watch old "The Outer Limits" episodes where
clicking of relays and beeps and boops seems to accompany real computers.

Or you could just get a floor-standing vacuum-column tape drive and spin the reels back and forth...

   That's exactly what the Hollywood prop people do:

http://woodysprops.com/item.php?uid=133&page=6

These are from a Burroughs B205 system, and rigged up to spin the reels and blink the lights.


Time Tunnel had a lot of scenes with "computery" looking gizmos, probably including these drives.

But more panels with meters, displays and blinking lights.

Mike Loewen                mloe...@cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology                http://q7.neurotica.com/Oldtech/



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