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[beamjockey]

mmcirvin offers an interesting proposition:

"20th century futurism concerning communication devices is almost always much more accurate than any other type of 20th century futurism."


Briefcase computer prop built for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which does not appear in the film

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[jtroutman.livejournal.com]

Wow, I had a Silent 700 terminal when I was a kid. My dad got it at some sort of a local salvage shop, and I don't think he quite knew what it was. I think it may have needed some sort of minor repair, like a fuse, to work. It was 1980, and I was 8 years old, and I had used a computer and modem just a little bit (Compuserve, etc.) and some friend's houses. The 700 was pretty amazing tech for the day, and I used it to rack up hundreds of dollars in long distance bills calling the nearest BBSes and using electronic mail, which all happened to in the 617 area code (and we lived in Maine). I remember keeping the "scrolls" of the output of the 700 for years. I even used it to get onto the local university mainframe, illicitly, of course. The 700 was directly responsible for getting me in big trouble with my dad for the phone bills, and for my infatuation with the entire on-line scene and concept from an early age.