Re: Apple II on "Lost"

[8-Bit Classics <corey@8bitclassics.com>]

On Thu, 22 Sep 2005 03:08:32 -0400, Scott <scottm9000@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 22:17:30 -0400, Zorin the Lynx <yakko@zorin.org> wrote:
>
>>Anyone watch tonight's "Lost"?
>>
>>I won't spoil any plot details, but...
>>
>>A genuine Apple II is being used as a prop. I could also make out two 
>>boxes that looked (from the side) like Disk ][s, and the monitor looked 
>>like an Apple Monitor ///. The "prompt" that was displayed didn't look 
>>like anything an Apple II can natively produce, though. No Apple logos 
>>visible anywhere.
>>
>>It was nice to see our favorite vintage computer on a new TV show, 
>>though! Hopefully we'll see more of it next week, even if it's used 
>>unrealistically. }:)
>>
>I noticed that too. I think it's a ][+ but I'm not sure. Along with 2 5.25
>Apple disk ][ drives beside it and what looked like the Integer BASIC
>prompt on the screen. I wanna know where they got an "Execute" key. :)
Not sure, but looks like a throw back from the cold war era.  Maybe a
missile silo hidden around.  

Corey