Computer from ‘WarGames’ going up for sale

The Sideshow-Yahoo News ^ | 6/26/13 | Mike Krumboltz

[Kartographer]

Good news for anyone looking to buy a computer capable of starting World War III. One of the computers used in the 1983 film "WarGames" is going up for sale, IT World reports.

"WarGames," the classic hacker flick starring Matthew Broderick and Ally Sheedy, told the story of a high school student and computer genius (Broderick) who hacks into a military computer that controls the U.S. nuclear missile supply.

[Kartographer]

"Do you want to play a game?"

[Secret Agent Man]

I want the WOPR. The big boy.

[freedumb2003]

The best Hacker/AI book ever (never made into a movie) was “The Adolescence of P1.”

The BOOK “Colossus” was pretty good too — the movie didn’t even come close to the book.

[dfwgator]

Does Ally Sheedy come with it?

[TexasCajun]

[South40]

lol! When I read the subject line I thought they were talking about the WOPR.

[ThomasThomas]

Being a movie prop, does it work or just have pretty flashing lighs?

[higgmeister]

“The Adolescence of P1.”

Wonderful book!

[Kartographer]

I imagine these days your home computer could run rings around WOPR in a test of computing power.

[dfwgator]

“Sir, these lights are blinking out of sequence.”

“Well, make them blink in sequence.”

[Kartographer]

I assume from this it does:

"Fischer explained that while the computer is stock, "dummy boards and cables were provided to give the illusion of greater computing power and resources to boost the screen effect." Fischer said he never heard a single complaint that something wasn't correct. "I took great pains to ensure that all props offered from my end met the credibilities that the script called for," he said."

[TexasCajun]

Where is the WOPR??

Probably recycled cardboard and Christmas lights by now.

[Theoria]

[Kartographer]

But even the WOPR is no comparison to the computer of The Sea View!

[swampthang77]

Being from Hollywood it’s a radical leftist and vegan:/

[Orangedog]

I purloined more free phone calls with a modified pocket dialer from Radio Shack than the average person ever paid for.

[dfwgator]

I purloined more free phone calls with a modified pocket dialer from Radio Shack than the average person ever paid for.

Careful, the Phone Cops will come for you.

[TexasCajun]

Brings back memories of my old computer operator days & nights.

(No, that's not me. I had much longer hair. hehe)

[Blood of Tyrants]

I doubt that.

[Slump Tester]

Ever read "Hackers - Heroes of the Computer Revolution" by Stephen Levy?

It's a great history of who did what, going back to the 50's.

Here's the first 2 chapters in PDF

(Skip ahead a few pages to get past all the BS before chapter 1 starts.)