Re: WarGames for Apple II?

[Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca>]

On Mon, 13 Feb 2012, Kevin Dady wrote:

> On Feb 13, 11:45 am, Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> wrote:
> > On Mon, 13 Feb 2012, BLuRry wrote:
> > > Though it is not for retro computers, Defcon is pretty awesome at
> > > recreating the look of the Norad screens from WarGames:
> >
> > > http://www.introversion.co.uk/defcon/
> >
> > > FWIW: the Linux port is very nice and plays great at 1080p.
> >
> > > -B
> >
> > Was there an Apple II in the movie?  I saw it when it came out, but likely
> > haven't seen it since it aired on tv sometime afterwards.
> >
> > I remember there's 8080 machine to the side of his chair, not an Altair
> > 8800 but one of the ones with all the lights and switches that followed in
> > the wake of the Altair.
> >
> > But he's typing on something else, and I cant' picture what it is.
> >
> >    Michael
>
> IMSAI 8080, and he is typing on some terminal, though I cant tell what
> it is
Yes, that was it, I could picture it but the name didn't come to mind.

However, it just seemed to sit there, part of the background, rather than 
being the computer he was using.  I certainly never saw him touch it, 
and saw no flashing lights.  He had a "war dialer", which is how he 
found the mainframe, so he had to have some local system doing the 
dialing.

  Michael