[vcf-midatlantic] PRIVATE Re: Lend VCF Commodore 1702 monitors for TV show

Bruce freemab222 at gmail.com
Tue Apr 20 21:21:10 UTC 2021


I concur.  In 1982, EAI was using a mainframe computer and dumb terminals
for word processing.  Although I was in the Engineering Dept., I do not
know whether they used CAD -- I think it was all still on paper.  C64's
strike me as completely inappropriate for a 1982 office -- but what do I
know.
Bruce
NJ


On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 11:43 AM Bill Degnan via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 10:58 AM Ethan O'Toole via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > They need it for an office scene taking place in 1982. A newspaper
> > office.
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> In 1982 what enterprise-level newspaper publishing system would be using
> brand-new C64's, the year the C64 was launched, for it's operations?
>
> This is not the first time film/tv has requested props that were
> historically inaccurate, but wow, they're way off here if they think any
> newspaper office would have been using 40-column C64's for any professional
> purpose.
>
> Bill
>


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