Vintage computers in movies

From: Neil Cherry <ncherry_at_home.net>
Date: Thu Dec 14 21:07:52 2000

Dave McGuire wrote:
>
> On December 13, Ernest wrote:
> > >Televideo TS-802 -Pretty in Pink
> > >AT&T 6300 -Secret to My Success
> > >IMSAI -Wargames
> > >HP-150 -Real Genius
> > >GE Differential Analyzer (UCLA) -When Worlds Collide
> > >Thinking Machines CM-5 -Jurrasic Park
> > >Memotech FDX500 or MTX512 -Weird Science
> > >Mac Plus -Star Trek IV
> > >VAX 11/750 with IBM 3290 plasma display panels -some independant film (?)
> >
> > It's kind of cool to be able to spot a vintage computer that you recognize
> > in a movie. I never noticed the computers in "Secret to my Success" until I
> > found a AT&T 6300, and then the computers on the desks might as well of had
> > flashing red lights on them. "Hey! I've got one of those."
>
> Wait a minute...Wasn't it a 7300, not a 6300, in the "Secret of my
> Success"?

Having supported both beasts I'm pretty certain it was a 6300. There
have been movies with the 7300 and 3B1 in them. I know their keyboards
(one of my favorite) anywhere! The 6300 was not one of my favorites!

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