The Unwanted Blog (2)
Rockets, cats, aircraft, guns, politics, photography, science fiction. You know, the usual stuff
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The Ještěd Hotel in Czech Republic was built in the late 1960’s and looks exactly like the sort of thing that the James
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The tripod showed up. I do believe it is correct. Compare to the original prop. Here it’s fairly well hidden by the video
There are several raised rectangular “buttons” on the briefcase computer prop that appear to be simple beveled rectangles of plexiglass, or cast clear
What is this device? It seems to be a light pen for drawing on the briefcase computers screen… but almost certainly was something
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this, but I never fail to be impressed with the delivery. Steven Spielberg, director of
On the left of the briefcase computer are numeral keys. These seem to have come from a Remington Rand Printing Calculator or something
Part of the “keyboard” from the briefcase computer has been identified. Many of the keys come from a Remington “Super Riter” typewriter; a
Thanks to commenter “Mr_Hiena: ” the phone component of the “laptop” appears to be a Bogen TQ12a intercom: Fortunately there were (“were“)
I would love to have a replica of the briefcase “laptop” that was built for “2001: A Space Odyssey.” I don’t know that
Launch window opens tomorrow (suspiciously, 4/20) at 8:28 AM central time, lasts for about an hour.
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