That was the traffic signal control system they wrote software for before
they got the MITS contract. They mumble its name briefly in the dialogue.
"TrafficNet" or something, I forget.
Kai
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From: LordTyran [mailto:a2k_at_one.net]
Sent: Sunday, June 20, 1999 5:18 PM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: WTF?
I'm watching Pirates of Silicon Valley on TNT right now (yes, I'm so lame
I have my computer in front of the television) and Bill Gates is working
on a box... the dialogue infers that it is supposed to by an Altair,
but it's just a big box with four blinking lights (alternates - 2 red,
2 green) and reading paper tape.... next scene he's working on a PDP-8/?
(I I think, but I'm not up on my PDPs... not so much working on it as
having the machine open on his table... no soldering iron, manuals,
cards... I could have made the scene a lot better with the stuff in my
basement...)
Oh well.
Kevin
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