[GreenKeys] The Andromeda Strain

[gil at baudot.net]

Hi folks:

I know there was a black-painted 33 in Andromeda Strain, and I always
thought that would be a good way to salvage an otherwise useless cracked
33 cover and rusty stand -- a little fiberglass repair and sanding, and
a nice coat of satin black.

However, IIRC, the paper-in-the-bell incident in the movie invlolved a
35KSR, or maybe it was a 28.  Or maybe it was an ASR, I am not certain,
but I seem to recall them opening a pedestal cover to look at the bell. 
I have the movie here somewhere, so I'll need to watch it again -- one
of my favorite classic sci-fi films -- my 8 and 10 year olds got to see
it this year for the first time and loved it also.
They had no computing power for special effects in that movie -- great
stuff.

"Five seconds to self-destruct;  four seconds;  three seconds; 
...self-destruct has been cancelled."  Whew!


Another good flick with TTYs is Terry Gilliam's "Brazil."  "We're all in
this together!"

gil


gil smith
greenkeys moderator
gil at baudot.net
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [GreenKeys] The Andromeda Strain
> From: "Joe Montano" <n9vmo at comcast.net>
> Date: Wed, March 04, 2009 12:29 pm
> To: <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net>
> 
> 
> Yes, a shred of paper got wedged between the bell and the striker
> causing the bell not to ring.  
> 
> And I do not think it was a black painted 33KSR but I will have to
> watch the movie again.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:greenkeys-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Paul A.
> Pennington
> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 13:31
> To: greenkeys at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [GreenKeys] The Andromeda Strain
> 
>     Randy said:
> 
> > IIRC - it was a Model 28 that almost caused (or allowed)
> > a disaster in that movie...
> 
>     Actually, it was a malfunction in a KSR-33 painted black that
> saved 
> Piedmont, New Mexico from a thermonuclear strike.
> 
>     Paul Pennington
>     Augusta, Georgia 
> 
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