Computers in the media

From: Lance Lyon <black_at_gco.apana.org.au>
Date: Sun Jun 20 15:09:56 1999

Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:

> On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, James Willing wrote:
> > Well... I've been (slowly) working up a 'Computers in the Media' section
> > on my web pages and there are already some movie references, so... (if
> > there are no objections) I'll start collecting the info and folding it onto
> > the web pages.
> > Two new entries so far, so... fire away!
>
> Here's an obscure reference:
> The monitor of the TRS-80 was a converted RCA TV set. (Tuner removed and
> painted gray). In the early seasons of "Married with children", on the
> kitchen counter in the background is one of that model TV.


Here's another - in a recent episode of the current series of 'Red Dwarf', the
computer terminal was a C64 keyboard (also notably, it wasn't plugged in), the
copyright notice at the end of the episode was 1998 too :-)

cheers,
    Lance
Received on Sun Jun 20 1999 - 15:09:56 BST