[SunRescue] Vertical Limit fild computers

[David Cantrell]

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William Staniewicz <wstan at localhostnl.demon.nl> wrote:

> I guess I really know I am "into" computers when I go
> to see a movie and try to figure out what models, OS's
> window managers, etc they are running when they show
> a terminal in a scene.
>=20
> That leads me to the movie "Vertical Limit". Anyone know
> what kind of computers they had set up in the field camp?
> I am referring to the notebook types that looked like they
> were built into some kind of military field case. They seemed
> very rugged and literally bullet proof.

I haven't seen the film, but that would describe several models made by
Husky / Itronix (http://www.wpihusky.com, www.itronix.com).  When I was
working for GEC Marconi Communications, who had contracts with various
dodgy third-world dictatorships to outfit their military, we used them.
I bought one of their earlier models recently on ebay, and use it as a
portable CP/M machine :-)

I believe that Panasonic also did something similar with some of their
laptops.  British Telecom and various oil companies use them out in the
field.

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