In the movie _Sneakers_, Ben Kingsley plays an ex-hacker who is now the
financial data processing administrator for the Mob. He has a large
complex of systems including a very Cray-like central processor and all
sorts of fancy accessories. He's extolling the virtues of mob money to
Robert Redford's character, and to illustrate his point he turns on the
Cray's terminal... lo and behold, the Cray runs Microsoft Excel!
Since we were in a theater about 6 blocks from Microsoft corporate
campus, that scene was the biggest laugh of the film.
Kai
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> From: Brian L. Stuart[SMTP:stuart_at_colossus.mathcs.rhodes.edu]
> Reply To: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 1997 3:32 PM
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
> Subject: Re: The List!
>
> Doug Spencer asks:
> >Actually, the III was visible for a second or so in Tron, wasn't it?
>
> I don't remember seeing an Apple III, but there was a glimps of
> a Cray 1. It wasn't in focus though )-:
>
> Brian L. Stuart
> Math/CS Dept, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
> stuartb_at_acm.org
> http://www.mathcs.rhodes.edu/~stuart/
>
Received on Tue May 06 1997 - 17:48:37 BST