Someone who is a documentary producer researching 1983 TV series Whiz Kids is asking us to identify the props used in the show. Can any of you identify them? Here are the four pictures: < https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MdZWxwpVlBdIJq3QwiYbgNb799eCA7jS?usp...
Also if you cannot identify them, then can you direct me someone to someone who can? -- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation
On 1/1/20 7:03 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Someone who is a documentary producer researching 1983 TV series Whiz Kids is asking us to identify the props used in the show. Can any of you identify them?
Here are the four pictures: < https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MdZWxwpVlBdIJq3QwiYbgNb799eCA7jS?usp...
The oscilloscope on the shelf above the monitor is a Tektronix model 502. That's all I've got.. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
That small white faced, dark sided box, with the raised back section, might be a vintage EPROM programmer. I have an old Logical Devices brand "Shooter" from that era that has the same form factor. On Wed, Jan 1, 2020, 7:15 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On 1/1/20 7:03 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Someone who is a documentary producer researching 1983 TV series Whiz Kids is asking us to identify the props used in the show. Can any of you identify them?
Here are the four pictures: <
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MdZWxwpVlBdIJq3QwiYbgNb799eCA7jS?usp...
The oscilloscope on the shelf above the monitor is a Tektronix model 502. That's all I've got..
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
I got some great help from Herb Johnson who researched the show and took some screenshots of some episodes as well as insights on what some of these props might be. The name of the person looking for identification of these props is Chris Cooling from forgotten.tv I appreciate the quick response from Herb, Dave and Jeff S! Thanks so much guys! On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 7:49 PM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
That small white faced, dark sided box, with the raised back section, might be a vintage EPROM programmer. I have an old Logical Devices brand "Shooter" from that era that has the same form factor.
On Wed, Jan 1, 2020, 7:15 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On 1/1/20 7:03 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Someone who is a documentary producer researching 1983 TV series Whiz Kids is asking us to identify the props used in the show. Can any of you identify them?
Here are the four pictures: <
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MdZWxwpVlBdIJq3QwiYbgNb799eCA7jS?usp...
The oscilloscope on the shelf above the monitor is a Tektronix model 502. That's all I've got..
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
-- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation
Curious. What was all of those props? On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 12:36 AM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
I got some great help from Herb Johnson who researched the show and took some screenshots of some episodes as well as insights on what some of these props might be. The name of the person looking for identification of these props is Chris Cooling from forgotten.tv
I appreciate the quick response from Herb, Dave and Jeff S!
Thanks so much guys!
On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 7:49 PM Jeff Salzman via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
That small white faced, dark sided box, with the raised back section, might be a vintage EPROM programmer. I have an old Logical Devices brand "Shooter" from that era that has the same form factor.
On Wed, Jan 1, 2020, 7:15 PM Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On 1/1/20 7:03 PM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
Someone who is a documentary producer researching 1983 TV series Whiz Kids is asking us to identify the props used in the show. Can any of you identify them?
Here are the four pictures: <
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MdZWxwpVlBdIJq3QwiYbgNb799eCA7jS?usp...
The oscilloscope on the shelf above the monitor is a Tektronix model 502. That's all I've got..
-Dave
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
-- ========================================= Jeff Brace Vice President Vintage Computer Federation
Very cool to hear this! Years ago I had wanted ads on the internet looking for the show, and I was contaceted by the daughter of one of the producers of it. The main guy is still around but never answered emails. IIRC the TV companies I contacted didn't really have anything on it. I wish I could find 3/4" broadcast tapes of it -- they should still be of good condition and playable. Eventually this guy surfaces that had recorded the show, and he traded me for the episodes. They were in fairly rough quality but something is better than nothing. I think it's the same source as the copies that are in the wild now. I had dumped them to disk using a Matrox DigiSuite LE or Matrox RT1000 setup but don't remember if I put it in the wild. Hopefully knowledge of the show grows. I remember seeing some episodes as a kid and really liked the show. - Ethan
Anyone in queens want this? https://newyork.craigslist.org/que/zip/d/ridgewood-giant-macintosh/705028222...
Great for a 2024 Mac 40th anniversary exhibit! On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 11:19 AM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Anyone in queens want this?
https://newyork.craigslist.org/que/zip/d/ridgewood-giant-macintosh/705028222...
Probably not to hard to build. On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 11:26 AM Dean Notarnicola <dnotarnicola@gmail.com> wrote:
Great for a 2024 Mac 40th anniversary exhibit!
On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 11:19 AM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Anyone in queens want this?
https://newyork.craigslist.org/que/zip/d/ridgewood-giant-macintosh/705028222...
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