[rescue] All I want for Christmas is ...

Todd Killingsworth tkilling at mindspring.com
Sun Dec 24 11:31:47 CST 2006


>Yeah, that terminal just SCREAMS "1970 movie with computers in the
>background and spinning tape drives". 8-)

The winner for that has to be "Colossus: the Forbin Project".
Control Data offered all of the equipment for the movie for marketing
purposes -More CDC gear than you can shake a stick at.

Within the first five minutes, there's a good shot of a multi platter drive
cabinet that must be 3' x 3' x 5'.

Probably weighs .5 tons, and holds 50M.

Todd Killingsworth



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