Those slanted blinking "computer" panels in a hundred movies aren't computers — they're 1950s modems (starringthecomputer.com)
Starring the Computer logs specific machines per film and episode with screenshots, from the CDC 6600 to NeXT cubes. It's pure nostalgia reference — sortable by machine or year.
The insider gem: the AN/FSQ-7 panels from 1950s SAGE have appeared in a huge number of movies, still get rented out in LA — and those slanted panels aren't the computer, they're the modems.
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