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From: demillo@uwmacc.UUCP (Rob DeMillo)
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Subject: Re: Computer hardware in movies
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Date: Thu, 28-Mar-85 00:44:33 EST
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> I was rather amused while watching WarGames to notice the design of the
> "WOPR" CPU.  I mean, this was supposed to be a big, powerful computer...
> a "whopper", in fact.  And they even resisted the temptation to hang
> flashing lights all over it (probably because they would have distracted
> from the pretty graphic displays).  So how did they convey the idea that
> it was big and powerful?
> 
> Why, they simply shaped it like a diesel locomotive body.
> 
> Mark Brader

I'm glad you brought this up...when watching WARGAMES (which I originally
went to with a group of co-workers) we all started guffawing at about
the same time when we saw the name "WOPR" (whopper) on the computer...

You see, we work for a place called the Madison Academic Computer Center
(MACC) which has among its mainframes a Sperry 1100....we were tempted
to wander down to the computer room and put a sign on the Sperry that
reads:

               "Big MACC"

...well, we thought it was interesting at the time...

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                           --- Rob DeMillo 
                               Madison Academic Computer Center
                               ...seismo!uwvax!uwmacc!demillo

 
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