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« on: Sat, 08 May 2010, 21:14:59 »

Seen a Model M turn up in a great film, or a not so great film? Seen a celebrity playing with their Wang?

Post your proof in this thread.

I'll start off the fun with two of my own:

I spotted what looks like a 122-key terminal Model M, and perhaps a normal Model M in an episode of CBC's The Nature of Things: Masters of Space. They are both apparently being used by the USAF's Space Program.

"fire!"


Neo apparently suffered from RSI, as his personal setup includes a very large ergonomic board of some kind, as well as something a little older:

The Matrix is full of otherwise plain looking rubber domes, pretty normal stuff. You'd think Neo would have been a HHKB type of character.
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« Reply #1 on: Sat, 08 May 2010, 21:28:40 »
Neo is a jackass.

JP > Neo

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« Reply #2 on: Sat, 08 May 2010, 21:43:01 »
I don't get it. That guy from Avatar can't act though.
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« Reply #3 on: Sat, 08 May 2010, 22:48:09 »
Mhm, I thought Garth was using a Model M but now that I look closely I see a L shaped enter.
Would that be a cheap clone?
Is this the Aurora version of Model M?
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« Reply #4 on: Sat, 08 May 2010, 22:56:00 »
Bill Gates is typing on a Model F in one scene in Pirates of Silicon Valley. Don't remember which clip it is; it's where he's talking about keeping your friends close, but your enemies closer, in reference to IBM. Hmmmmmm...
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« Reply #5 on: Sun, 09 May 2010, 00:33:11 »
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Neo apparently suffered from RSI, as his personal setup includes a very large ergonomic board of some kind, as well as something a little older:....

That board in the bottom left of the picture is really odd the more I look at it. The space bar is a bit longer than usual. The arrow cluster is uncommon, and there seems to be an additional key in the top right. I thought it was an old Apple keyboard when I saw that.

As far as Neo and a hhkb I don't think he was much of a "happy" hacker =P

I keep forgeting to mention the keyboards I see on screen,  I guess I will put more effort into it now =)
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« Reply #6 on: Sun, 09 May 2010, 01:29:48 »
I know a Kinesis Countour makes an appearance in men in black... I cant find a pic though
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« Reply #7 on: Sun, 09 May 2010, 04:45:00 »
Almost all of the keyboards in the James Bond film Goldeneye are Model Ms, at least the ones that are zoomed in on.
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« Reply #8 on: Sun, 09 May 2010, 11:30:31 »
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I know a Kinesis Countour makes an appearance in men in black... I cant find a pic though


There's another in Contact...
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« Reply #9 on: Sun, 09 May 2010, 15:56:29 »
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"Moon" Movie - Good Movie but The Future of Keyboards is bleak
At least the keyboards in Moon have keys (I agree--a great film, if not the best of 2009). In Avatar, when they aren't waving their hands in the air Minority Report style, they're apparently tapping away on these apple-inspired glass torture devices:

~8:20
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« Reply #10 on: Sun, 09 May 2010, 16:31:47 »
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Moon: 5/10 (one of the weaker Frankenstein clones in an outdated SF setting)
I would have thought that someone with your good taste would have appreciated Moon at least.
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« Reply #11 on: Sun, 09 May 2010, 16:55:45 »
I'll put Perfume on my to-watch list. If I don't go kill myself first ;)
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« Reply #12 on: Sun, 09 May 2010, 18:29:14 »
Name that keyboard:

Because I can't.

From part 3 of BBC's provocative 1991 documentary: Cats
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« Reply #13 on: Sun, 09 May 2010, 18:37:55 »
That's an Acorn computer... If it's anything like their BBC Micro, it's probably some boring linear mess.
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« Reply #14 on: Mon, 10 May 2010, 02:56:52 »
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Name that keyboard

Acorn A3000?


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How about Dr. Who?

Cheap Brit Special Effects Department can't even afford a decent keyboard for the Tardis.


The latest Doctor does seem quite retarded.
And he uses an Apple chiclet keyboard.
Discuss.
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« Reply #15 on: Tue, 11 May 2010, 01:11:04 »
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That's the Datahand.


The contour is in there as well...
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« Reply #16 on: Tue, 11 May 2010, 08:57:56 »
There's a Symbolics LISP Machine (well, you see the console and keyboard) on Val Kimler's desk in his dorm room in Real Genius.  Trying to find a screenshot..
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« Reply #17 on: Tue, 11 May 2010, 10:10:58 »
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Name that keyboard:

Because I can't.

From part 3 of BBC's provocative 1991 documentary: Cats

Acorn Archimedes 305 or 310 keyboard.

The A3000 (and A3020) had the keyboard in the machine's case.

Edit: My bad, I didn't look closely enough. That is a 3000.
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« Reply #18 on: Tue, 11 May 2010, 15:48:57 »


I like her contours better, even if she has a lisp.
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« Reply #19 on: Sun, 03 October 2010, 09:38:35 »
Couldn't find any pictures of the logo, but there's a quick shot sometime during the move, definitely a Dell quietkey or AT101.  Either way they replaced the sounds in the movie:

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« Reply #20 on: Sun, 14 November 2010, 15:34:08 »
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I like her contours better, even if she has a lisp.


What kind of Doctor Who is that?

You all should watch the right and proper ones. I bet you can find them some place.
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« Reply #21 on: Tue, 14 December 2010, 11:58:14 »
I was watching an old episode of Inspector Morse last week and spotted an IBM PC and a Model M in one of the offices at the police station.
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« Reply #22 on: Tue, 14 December 2010, 12:02:01 »


Close enough.
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« Reply #23 on: Mon, 06 June 2011, 13:22:51 »
Watched Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind last night and noticed the computer he was using for erase the guy's memory.
http://starringthecomputer.com/feature.php?f=135
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« Reply #24 on: Thu, 16 June 2011, 04:29:30 »
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Model M13? How rare/valuable are these?

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« Reply #25 on: Mon, 20 June 2011, 17:15:17 »
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Model M13? How rare/valuable are these?


not too rare. $25-125 range, varying on luck and condition. Black ones tend to go higher than white.
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