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Re: IIc+ in a movie
- Subject: Re: IIc+ in a movie
- From: "Roger Johnstone" <rojaws@mac.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 18:37:01 +1200
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: ihug ( New Zealand )
- References: <3baeabc3@news.svn.net>
- Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:13501
In article <3baeabc3@news.svn.net>, "Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>
wrote:
> I was watching a Robin Williams movie called "The Best of Times" from '86.
> There's a scene where they are practicing for a football game, and there was
> a IIc+ (I think it was a +) with some football plays on the screen!
>
> Not a great movie, but I love spotting old computers in movies. Sure helps
> place the movie in time!
> -Paul
In a scene in 2010 (from 1984) Dr. Heywood Floyd sits on the beach using an
Apple IIc, complete with the clip-on LCD screen. Presumably it had a battery
too, although I can't remember if the IIc was actually running.
--
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand
Apple II - Future Cop:LAPD - iMac Voodoo2 - Warcraft II
http://homepage.mac.com/rojaws
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