VAX-11/780 spotted in a movie

From: Dave McGuire <mcguire_at_neurotica.com>
Date: Thu Jan 2 11:24:03 2003

On Thursday, January 2, 2003, at 01:50 AM, Owen Robertson wrote:
>> A friend and I just watched the movie "Seven". I'd seen the movie
>> before, but I hadn't noticed the VAX-11/780 in the background of the
>> computerized fingerprint matching scene. It's obviously not running
>> (no roar in the background) but it was definitely a '780. :-)
>
> I saw one in an episode of Matlock, being used for a similar purpose. I
> think it was a 780. It was definitely a VAX-11 of some kind.

   The 780 is the double-wide refrigerator-looking cabinet.

> Anyway, some FBI guy got slammed up against it.

   Oooh, I'll bet that hurt. The FBI guy, that is. ;)

      -Dave

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Dave McGuire           "She's a cheek pincher.  I have scars."
St. Petersburg, FL                          -Gary Nichols
Received on Thu Jan 02 2003 - 11:24:03 GMT

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