Burroughs 205 and LIS

From: James Willing <jimw_at_agora.rdrop.com>
Date: Wed Aug 5 16:49:53 1998

At 12:40 PM 8/5/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>Well... Just for reference, the Burroughs machines were very popular with
>>the TV and Movie industry as props due to the large number of lights on the
>>panels. A number of the Burroughs 205 programmers consoles can be seen on
>>the show "Lost In Space" as the flight consoles on the bridge of the
>>"Jupiter 2" spaceship
>
>If that is the case, some of the old "Lost in Space" fan produced books
>might be able to help you reproduce the console. I've seen a couple of
>them that had VERY detailed diagrams in them of all the panels on the
>Jupiter 2.
>
>>A fan group of this show called "Alpha Control" (found at
>>www.alphacontrol.com) does have some 'extra' panels for sale as memoribelia
>>(can't spell that) of the show for only $7500US.

OR... for those of you on the East Coast (or those who would like an
excuse to go there), the 'Alpha Control' folk own the complete "Jupiter 2"
flight deck console and do offer tours. You can take your own pictures and
have a LIS fantasy flight (YIMV). Details on that on the Alpha Control web
site as well...

BTW: They also offer a videotape of the flight deck with everything
running/blinking/etc...

-jim

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