Shall we play a game? - Page 1
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author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2013, 12:04:14 pm
content: Buy the WarGames IMSAI 8080 Todd Fischer, the man behind this iconic prop from WarGames, the movie that spawned countless hackers, has come forward recently to announce its sale in the near future. Interestingly enough, the IMSAI 8080 still works, although the disk drive was damaged in shipping after the movie's conclusion, and was trashed.http://www.itworld.com/security/362522/buy-matthew-broderick-s-old-movie-computer-possibly-impress-ally-sheedymore about the IMSAI 8080http://www.imsai.net/movies/wargames.htm

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2013, 12:41:14 pm
content: You forget that the imsai was only a terminal... The actual machine running the game and asking that famous question was the joshua program . That was running on the WOPR. Thats the machine to go after.Unortunately the wopr was only a plywood box , painted and stuffed with tons of leds and a plasma display. There was no computer in it. Just an empty shell made to look hi tech in the movie.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 28, 2013, 12:52:09 pm
content: Quote from: free_electron on June 28, 2013, 12:41:14 pmIIRC correctly there was an Apple II inside that controlled the countdown display.Ah yes, here it is:http://www.imsai.net/movies/wargames.htmQuoteI soooooooooooooooooo want to build by own WOPR and have it in the middle of the lab. Internals could be used for storage.

author: rolycat
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2013, 01:55:32 pm
content: WarGames is a great film, and a lot of the technical details were spot-on. It's just a shame that the climax featured that old 'crack a 10-digit code one digit at a time' garbage. I guess the director's 'vision' overrode the technical advice.Does anyone know what the oscilloscope in Jim's lab is? It looks a lot like my 465b, but the button layout at the bottom doesn't seem quite right.

author: Sionyn
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2013, 04:18:48 pm
content: they did a reboot in 2008 don't recommended it, worse than episode of CSI

author: lemmegraphdat
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 29, 2013, 01:27:21 am
content: I want a Colossus terminal and ceiling display. Now that was a bad ass computer.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: June 29, 2013, 01:48:38 am
content: Quote from: Sionyn on June 28, 2013, 04:18:48 pmI watched it with the wife, it wasn't that bad I thought, and she thought it was an ok movie.But yeah, not a patch on the original.If you like War Games you should at least watch it for the cameo.BTW, it was a sequel, not a reboot.

author: Stonent
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 29, 2013, 01:52:15 am
content: I always had a problem with the voice of WOPR following him from his bedroom to NORAD or wherever he was.He didn't actually bring the voice box with him, the audio was somewhat unique as far as computer voices went. DECTalk was pretty much the main device on the market. (Yes I know the voice of WOPR was actually Professor Falken with a voice modulator)