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I went to see the movie, Terminator 3, today. Good movie! Near the
end of the movie, the character of John Connor was inside the military
base deep within Crystal Peak mountain. He looked around and
complained about the 30-year-old computers... nothing there to destroy
in order to stop SkyNet. As he continued looking around and wondering
what to do, he stood near a tabletop that had a monitor and a desktop
computer box on it. The monitor did not sit on top of the desktop
box. However, when I looked at the box, it had the same slim shape of
a C128DCR! It even had the little, silver factory sticker on the side
of the box! Then Connor complained a bit more, the movie cut to a
close-up of the female lead character, and then movie cut back to
Connor in time to show him in a fit of rage sweep the C128DCR off the
tabletop and onto the floor with a crash!

The scene only lasted a few seconds. Can anyone help me verify what I
saw? I'll have to go back, see the movie again, and look especially
for that scene. Darn, no freeze frame in the theatre! ;-)

And if true, the John Connor didn't know that
the C128DCR is not 30 years old!
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group
http://videocam.net.au/fcug
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rbernardo@value.net (Robert Bernardo) wrote in news:f890d44d.0307051658.98c4fa@posting.google.com:

I went to see the movie, Terminator 3, today. Good movie! Near the
end of the movie, the character of John Connor was inside the military
base deep within Crystal Peak mountain. He looked around and
complained about the 30-year-old computers... nothing there to destroy
in order to stop SkyNet. As he continued looking around and wondering
what to do, he stood near a tabletop that had a monitor and a desktop computer box on it. The monitor did not sit on top of the desktop
box. However, when I looked at the box, it had the same slim shape of
a C128DCR! It even had the little, silver factory sticker on the side
of the box! Then Connor complained a bit more, the movie cut to a
close-up of the female lead character, and then movie cut back to
Connor in time to show him in a fit of rage sweep the C128DCR off the tabletop and onto the floor with a crash!

The scene only lasted a few seconds. Can anyone help me verify what I
saw? I'll have to go back, see the movie again, and look especially
for that scene. Darn, no freeze frame in the theatre! ;-)

There was also a distinct CBM PET.

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rbernardo@value.net (Robert Bernardo) writes:

of the box! Then Connor complained a bit more, the movie cut to a
close-up of the female lead character, and then movie cut back to
Connor in time to show him in a fit of rage sweep the C128DCR off the >tabletop and onto the floor with a crash!
The scene only lasted a few seconds. Can anyone help me verify what I
saw? I'll have to go back, see the movie again, and look especially
for that scene. Darn, no freeze frame in the theatre! ;-)

That was not a DCR, it looked more like a Sun or an older X-terminal. It
didn't have a floppy drive in front, either.

However, there was a PET in the background! Couldn't make it out, but I
believe it resembled a 4032. The model number was not visible.

--
Cameron Kaiser * ckaiser@floodgap.com * posting with a Commodore 128
personal page: http://www.armory.com/%7Espectre/
** Computer Workshops: games, productivity software and more for C64/128! **
** http://www.armory.com/%7Espectre/cwi/ **
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That was not a DCR, it looked more like a Sun or an older X-terminal. It didn't have a floppy drive in front, either.

Yeah, it had to be a sun because they would never let a commie hit the floor like that.

-tom



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Tom wrote ...

That was not a DCR, it looked more like a Sun or an older X-terminal. It
didn't have a floppy drive in front, either.

Yeah, it had to be a sun because they would never let a commie hit the
floor like that.

Maybe the actor that knocked it off the table was a Spectrum user? :-)

Best regards,

Sam Gillett aka Mars Probe @ Starship Intrepid 1-972-221-4088
Last 8-bit BBS in the Dallas area. Commodore lives!







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I haven't see the T3 yet, but who remembers the first Terminator movie. In
the Terminator's view was running the 6502 assembly listings . So, i believe that the 6502 was the main CPU of the Terminator(maybe slightly overclocked
=) ).

-- markku


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Markku Alén schrieb im Artikel <becvbd$s6n$1@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi>:

I haven't see the T3 yet, but who remembers the first Terminator movie. In the Terminator's view was running the 6502 assembly listings . So, i believe that the 6502 was the main CPU of the Terminator(maybe slightly overclocked
=) ).

You mean underclocked! The 6502 and especially the 6510 doesn't need to
be overclocked to drive a Terminator :-)

I suppose you could even drive two Terminator with a 6510 :-)

-- markku

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I just saw T3 myself, and that 8032 (or fat-4032) in the background, near the end of the film when the main characters are in the bunker, is unmistakable! I remember pointing at it and making a noise when I first spotted it. I almost jumped up. :)

- Bo

"Tom" <mykrowyre@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:3N3Oa.37370$bK5.768040@twister.tampabay.rr.com...

That was not a DCR, it looked more like a Sun or an older X-terminal. It didn't have a floppy drive in front, either.

Yeah, it had to be a sun because they would never let a commie hit the floor like that.

-tom

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Jaque Moreau <mr.wimpy@firemail.de> wrote in message news:<slrnbgkrj1.196.mr.wimpy@matthias.bachert>...

Markku Alén schrieb im Artikel <becvbd$s6n$1@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi>:

I haven't see the T3 yet, but who remembers the first Terminator movie. In the Terminator's view was running the 6502 assembly listings . So, i believe
that the 6502 was the main CPU of the Terminator(maybe slightly overclocked
=) ).

You mean underclocked! The 6502 and especially the 6510 doesn't need to
be overclocked to drive a Terminator :-)

I suppose you could even drive two Terminator with a 6510 :-)

-- markku

I did see the movie, and remember when the actor playing connor
knocked the desktop of the 'desk, when i first saw it, i immediately
thought.. 128D, but the monitor didnt resemble any c= unit ive seen,
and i noticed there wasnt a 5.25" drive in the front when he knocked
it off the desk, in the second view. But strangely, i did notice it,
and determine it to be...foreign. eehheh was an ok movie, sorry to get
off topic, but since the movie has to do with machines, and computers,
and i dont want to ruin it for anyone who hasnt seen it, after he
knocked the computer off the desk.. and they were standing there ,
talking, what did all that mean?? i have a good guess.. :?

-steve
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"Markku Alén" <markku.alen@surffi.net> wrote in message news:<becvbd$s6n$1@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi>...

I haven't see the T3 yet, but who remembers the first Terminator movie. In the Terminator's view was running the 6502 assembly listings . So, i believe that the 6502 was the main CPU of the Terminator(maybe slightly overclocked =) ).

-- markku

I remember the first Terminator movie and have always been curious to
see a listing of that 6502 code that was scrolled by? I tried using
the pause on my VCR to read the listing but the screen was too blurry.
Is it actual intelligent code pieces or just random opcodes?

Chad
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-- markku

btw. where's that terminator faq your mentioning?

found it... was too lazy to write it to the google(bad me)



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"Markku Alén" <markku.alen@surffi.net> wrote:

Hi chad,

I found this peace of code in the end of the film, where terminator is attacking to the motel and the dog barks at him(it?).

[snip]

Hi Markku,

Thank you for solving this mystery that I have had in my mind for many
years now. I was a young kid when the orginal Terminator movie came
out and I remember my older brother telling me that the code was C64
machine language. I have been curious about this ever since then and
wondering if it might be some kind of cool or useful routines hidden
there.

One of these days I hope to get a DVD player and get the entire
listings of code in the movie just for my own curiousity.

Too bad they based the Terminator's operation system on the Atari 2+
and COBOL....explains why he was defeated at the end of the movie.

- Chad
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Hi...

some photos with terminator's code are posted on www.emu64.pl but [for some people] unfortunately the site is in Polish

(try links from menu and surely you'll find photos somewhere)

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"Markku Alén" <markku.alen@surffi.net> wrote in message

news:<becvbd$s6n$1@phys-news1.kolumbus.fi>...

I haven't see the T3 yet, but who remembers the first Terminator movie.

In

the Terminator's view was running the 6502 assembly listings . So, i

believe

that the 6502 was the main CPU of the Terminator(maybe slightly

overclocked

=) ).

-- markku

I remember the first Terminator movie and have always been curious to
see a listing of that 6502 code that was scrolled by? I tried using
the pause on my VCR to read the listing but the screen was too blurry.
Is it actual intelligent code pieces or just random opcodes?

Chad

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