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    Default Remington Rand UNIVAC Promo Film!

    ....I think this one is before both mine and Peter's time:

    [ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2fURxbdIZs&feature=related"]YouTube - Remington-Rand Present the Univac[/ame]

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    Quote Originally Posted by _OM_ View Post
    ....I think this one is before both mine and Peter's time:
    Yes, but by far fewer years than I like to admit to...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter J Poole View Post
    Yes, but by far fewer years than I like to admit to...
    ...The moment I discovered I'd gotten old was watching Journey to the Far Side of the Sun - AKA Doppelganger in Englandland - and realizing that every single piece of equipment shown in the background of the opening credits I'd actually worked with at least once by 1987. By then, all of it was obsolete, especially all the punch card equipment!

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    Quote Originally Posted by _OM_ View Post
    ...The moment I discovered I'd gotten old was watching Journey to the Far Side of the Sun - AKA Doppelganger in Englandland - and realizing that every single piece of equipment shown in the background of the opening credits I'd actually worked with at least once by 1987. By then, all of it was obsolete, especially all the punch card equipment!
    If you want to really max that feeling out, try watching the opening credits to Billion Dollar Brain sometime...

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    I kept waiting for Mike and the bots to show up, but they never did.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Static-Pulse View Post
    I kept waiting for Mike and the bots to show up, but they never did.
    ...IIRC, Joel actually tried to find a copy of this film back when he was doing the show, but couldn't turn one up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by _OM_ View Post
    ...IIRC, Joel actually tried to find a copy of this film back when he was doing the show, but couldn't turn one up.
    Joel probably would have had more fun with it, especially if he followed up with a segment where he and the bots built a UNIVAC.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Static-Pulse View Post
    Joel probably would have had more fun with it, especially if he followed up with a segment where he and the bots built a UNIVAC.
    ...Ah, the days of helping someone build a Sinclair ZX-80, only to watch him bang his head on the wall for what seemed like ten minutes when one week later the ZX-81 was announced.

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