Hacker tea (was Re: Late Nights and Caffeine)

From: Sellam Ismail <dastar_at_ncal.verio.com>
Date: Tue Aug 17 23:22:50 1999

On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Max Eskin wrote:

> As pertaining to classic computers, the movie also has a brilliant parody
> of computers. They look like very old-fashioned teletypes with a bare (the
> entire CRT and circuitry is open to view) screen about 4" diagonal
> enlarged by a huge flat magnifying glass. Again, you have to see it...

Sounds a lot like the computer props in that old Max Headroom TV series
(anyone ever watch that? It was mildly cool).

Sellam Alternate e-mail: dastar_at_siconic.com
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