realistic movie computers

From: Kai Kaltenbach <kaikal_at_MICROSOFT.com>
Date: Wed May 7 11:29:25 1997

        | From: Greg
Mast[SMTP:gmast_at_polymail.cpunix.calpoly.edu]
        | I'm sorry but I can't recall a scene in any movie that
resembles a real
        | use of a computer.

There was a pretty good, rather realistic scene in _Patriot Games_ where
Harrison Ford has logged his nemesis' account and is grabbing files full
of evidence, while the other guy frantically tries to delete them.

_Ferris Bueller's Day Off_ has Ferris breaking into his school's system
remotely and changing his grades in a fairly realistic manner.

In _Under Siege 2: Dark Territory_, the hero wires into a broken pay
phone with a Newton and sends an emergency fax. I had a Newton at the
time, and loved this bit.

And _Wargames_ was actually pretty realistic; he had the IMSAI with
voice synth (probably a CompuTalker) and a demon dialer program, all of
which were acceptable realism for me. Plus, at the time, we all thought
Ally Sheedy was pretty cute.

Kai
Received on Wed May 07 1997 - 11:29:25 BST