WOPR sells on eBay

[Gene Buckle]

On Fri, 30 May 2008, Jim Brain wrote:

> I have the DVD, so I checked it out:
>
> Time index 1:10:56 is where we see the screen. (David has just escaped from 
> NORAD on the bus, and then we see a 360 pan around the WOPR)
>
> Screen is 16 characters wide by 16 characters high.
>
> Characters are 8x8
>
> pixel ratio is 1:1, so it is not a VIC screen, which does not have 1:1 ratio
>
> 128x128 vacuum flourescent screen.  Characters are bitmapped onto the screen, 
> as the character lines do not match up to the 16x16 matrix, and adding the 
> longer descender space also does not match up. 
> I cut out an 'E' and pasted it alongside the screen capture to count the 
> lines and positions to verify.
>

Damn.  That almost makes me have to turn my Geek card in.  Way beyond the 
call Jim. Thanks! :)

Did you happen to see a display that looked like a Vic anywhere in the 
NORAD scenes?  If not, I've got to figure out why I've got "vic-20" stored 
at the wrong address. *laughs*

g.
-- 
Proud owner of F-15C 80-0007
http://www.f15sim.com - The only one of its kind.