Vintage computers in movies

From: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>
Date: Tue Dec 19 20:09:09 2000

On Tue, 19 Dec 2000, John Foust wrote:

> Probably right after they stop adding gratuitous sounds and
> inaccurate functions to computers: dot-matrix printer sounds,
> beeps and boops that would drive you nuts if the damn machine
> actually made that sound all the time, slow-motion text display,
> fonts larger than your mouse, etc.

I especially like how a lot of computers in movies sound like the terrible
Atari 2600 version of PacMan.

Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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