Re: Blinking lights on the Connection Machine

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From: mat... Mike Atyeo
Date: Tue, 02 Jan 1990 17:08

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In article <91...@cbmvax.commodore.com>, m...@cbmvax.commodore.com (Michael Sinz - CATS) writes:

>
> IBM was involved.
> They were asked to supply some computers for the set of a movie/show
> (It was a movie, then it became a TV show...  $6 Milion Dollar Man...)
>
> Anyway, the director saw the computer and asked why there were only a
> few lights.  The IBM guy said that that was all they had.  The director
> said that the viewers would not recognize it as a computer without
> lights and said to bring it back.  The IBM person, wanting to get the

It's not just flashing lights the directors believe their
audiences want; it's the bleeps too! Whilst at NCR (UK) in the
late 70's, a team of sound engineers turned up to record
hi-tech noises for a James Bond film (no, I can't remember which one!).

They were disappointed at first, but then (this was NCR, after
all) discovered the (electronic) cash registers! These made all
sorts of interesting bleeps and clangs!

Result - a good day's work - and a happy director?

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From: mat...@hfserver.hfnet.bt.co.uk (Mike Atyeo)
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Subject: Re: Blinking lights on the Connection Machine
Summary: computer sounds for james bond
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Date: 2 Jan 90 17:08:41 GMT
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