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1) this is an incredible effort 2) not to be “that guy” but technically it’s Stacey Sutton’s Apple ][c. As a kid I was shocked that she had a personal computer

1) this is an incredible effort 2) not to be “that guy” but technically it’s Stacey Sutton’s Apple ][c. As a kid I was shocked that she had a personal computer in the mid 80s. Underrated film in my opinion!

throwanem 6y ago
I never saw the film as a kid, but if I had, I'd have been super excited to see that Stacey Sutton had the same computer I did! My grandfather, an old-school mechanical engineer, didn't know the first thing about computers or electronics - but he saw the possibility of something new and significant on the horizon, and when by chance at an early age I showed that I might have a propensity for this strange new kind of machine, he saw to it I'd have the opportunity to develop whatever talent in that line I might have. I'm currently in the sixteenth year of an undistinguished but nonetheless solid career in software engineering, so that seems to have worked out well for the both of us. I could only wish he'd lived to see and take joy in the result, but I don't doubt that, wherever he is, he's smiling.
gregd 6y ago
I'm fairly certain it's //c to ][c
- DonHopkins 6y ago
  //c or not ][c, that is the question.
  - blakespot 6y ago
    Actually, IIe or IIc. That is the question. https://flic.kr/p/4BRrSj https://flic.kr/p/4BRrSj
abrowne 6y ago
For (2), they say that at about 00:19 ("Stacy one of the main characters has one of these computers" according to the autogen CC). But would you have clicked the link if the title was "Rebuilding Stacey Sutton's Apple IIc"? I wouldn't have meant anything to me.
- akhilcacharya 6y ago
  Of course, you're right. To be honest I clicked because I was confused as to when James Bond himself used a IIc - only film from the era that I remembered him using a computer was in the opening of License to Kill, and I was fairly certain was an IBM PC. What I got was a pleasant surprise!

throwanem 6y ago

I never saw the film as a kid, but if I had, I'd have been super excited to see that Stacey Sutton had the same computer I did! My grandfather, an old-school mechanical engineer, didn't know the first thing about computers or electronics - but he saw the possibility of something new and significant on the horizon, and when by chance at an early age I showed that I might have a propensity for this strange new kind of machine, he saw to it I'd have the opportunity to develop whatever talent in that line I might have. I'm currently in the sixteenth year of an undistinguished but nonetheless solid career in software engineering, so that seems to have worked out well for the both of us. I could only wish he'd lived to see and take joy in the result, but I don't doubt that, wherever he is, he's smiling.

gregd 6y ago

I'm fairly certain it's //c to ][c

DonHopkins 6y ago
//c or not ][c, that is the question.
- blakespot 6y ago
  Actually, IIe or IIc. That is the question. https://flic.kr/p/4BRrSj https://flic.kr/p/4BRrSj

abrowne 6y ago

For (2), they say that at about 00:19 ("Stacy one of the main characters has one of these computers" according to the autogen CC). But would you have clicked the link if the title was "Rebuilding Stacey Sutton's Apple IIc"? I wouldn't have meant anything to me.

akhilcacharya 6y ago
Of course, you're right. To be honest I clicked because I was confused as to when James Bond himself used a IIc - only film from the era that I remembered him using a computer was in the opening of License to Kill, and I was fairly certain was an IBM PC. What I got was a pleasant surprise!