equip as movie props / was Re: CDC Calculator

[William Donzelli]

> I've seen a few pieces of equipment that had been turned into movie props:
> completely gutted so only the visible exterior esthetics were in any sense
> intact. Sometimes it was done to reduce weight to make them easier to
> manoeuver, or they were filled with xmas lights or some such. One never knows,
> but I wouldn't anticipate much if something had been through a movie prop phase
> during it's existence.

Very true. I have had quite a few things that were once props. A
couple years ago I purchased all the electronics from that DeNiro bomb
"The Good Shepherd" - mostly radios and lab equipment. Except for a
few key pieces the prop guys wanted untouched, some equipment was
crudely modified - and I mean CRUDELY - if DeNiro wanted more lights.

Likewise, I purchased one of the Thinking Machines CM-5s that was used
in "Jurrasic Park". Contrary to what the movie fansites say, the
things were not real CM-5s. They were built up on CM frames made for
machine orders that were never fulfilled. The triple wide racks were
empty, except for one of the shelves had a power supply installed to
run the blinkenlights. Even the blinkenlight panels were fooled with -
mounted in non standard ways, with a good deal of the rows of lights
covered with black gaffers tape. Apparently there were too many
lights!

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Will