Re: Jurassic Park

[knott@sfu.ca (Dave Knott)]

In article <20so0t$8qj@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>  
mspaeth@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Wayne Gretzky) writes:
> Did you notice when the girl said "This is UNIX I know this.." as she 
> sits in frount of a computer with a graphic uperating system that looks
> like the plan fora small city.... the camera zooms in on the display...
> 
> AND IT"S a SILICON GRAPHICS... guess the might Mac couldn't cut it... 
> 
> If you sat thru the credits, you would see that the blinking panel of 
> LED's that was always in the background was an actual CONNECTS machine 
> (since they thanked THINKING MACHINES Inc. in the credits...)
> 

Further, one might take note that at one point someone (I forget who) was  
typing on the Mac keyboard while the results of their actions were  
displayed on the SGI display.

As for Thinking Machines.... They may have supplied props for the movie,  
but the main reason for their inclusion in the credits is that they  
provided a great deal of the computing hardware required for the animation  
used in the film.

--
Dave Knott (Who just recently rediscovered the Apple][)
knott@sfu.ca

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