IBM 700 Mainframe spotted on TV

[Lawrence Wilkinson]

On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 11:46 -0700, Paxton Hoag wrote:
> On an old Spenser Tracy, Kate Hepburn movie called "Desk Set" playing
> on the Family Movie Channel.  1957
> 
> Looked like an IBM 700 series computer. Unfortunitely it was only
> shown during the opening credits.
> 
> Story is about installing an IBM computer in a TV Studio. Mostly a
> situational comedy. I am not sure I will  stick around toii see if it
> show up later.

IIRC "Desk Set" was cited in the BCS at 50 conference as the first
appearance of a real computer in a movie.  I haven't seen it, but
apparently it was quite prescient as regards the uses computers would
eventually have.
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