WarGames tape

[Curt at Atari Museum]

The best shot of that movie is the Computer Center in Norad, as 
McKitrick is walking the White House advises from the conference room to 
the Wopr, you see him saying "this is our computer center where we 
monitor the state of the world, weather patterns, troop movements" 
(yadda yadda yadda...) and you just see row after gorgeous row of 
computers...  



Curt



John A. Dundas III wrote:

> At 11:21 AM -0500 4/18/05, Keys wrote:
>
>> While working the flea market this weekend I picked a VHS copy 
>> WarGames and watched it Sunday afternoon.  It was strange to watch 
>> the many shots of mainframes that were in the movie but I notice none 
>> seem to be in air condition rooms?  One looks like a 360 or 370 
>> system and another shot may be a minicomputer with all the disk/tape 
>> drives and printers.
>
>
> It's been a long time since I've watched that movie so my memory is 
> hazy.  However I can say that some of the scenes were shot in the CSU 
> Long Beach computer center while (or just after) I was there.  At the 
> time there was a CDC (could have been a 3150 or 6600, I no longer 
> remember) and a PDP-11/70.  As I recall, the CDC was visible in 
> several shots; I don't recall the /70 being shown.  I can assure you, 
> the machines were indeed air conditioned.
>
> There was another shot (or several) of a "technician"; don't remember 
> the character's name.  This was shot just outside the machine room in 
> what was at the time an analyst cubicle area.  (Our actual technician 
> room was not used; it was pretty small.)
>
> John
>
>
>


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