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Aaron Marcus, The Past 100 Years of the Future, Page 37 Journey to the Center of Time, 1967. Standard HCI displays continued to be featured in many movies of the 1960s. These often showed large “computer controls” that showed the inevitable whirling disks of magnetic tape drives of mainframe computers of the time, which signified advanced technology, and panels of blinking lights. Almost stereotypical of this era is Journey to the Center of Time, Director David L. Hewitt, 1967, which depicts a “clasic” display of dials and gauges, and even includes the classic ritual inspection by white-lab-jacketed assistants (all female) of meaningless, but showy walls of blinking lights and twirling tapes. During several charming and hilarious moments, the figures in the background go through these rituals repeatedly, not having been told to do much else during the foreground scene of dialgue among the main actors and actresses. As is typical, no one has to adjust much of anything, just as no one ever has to go to the toilet in these older movies. The unmentioned aspects of command and control, of customization, of set-up, of rebooting upon complete system failure, so typical of computer experiences in this decade, are almost never mentioned. 37
Aaron Marcus, The Past 100 Years of the Future, Page 38 Figure: Scene from Journey to the Center of Time, 1967. The scene depicts the “standard” apparatus of “advanced” HCI equpment. Prominent are the magnetic tape drives and numerous gauges, probably voltmeters or ohmmeters. The intention is, seemingly to depict a high-technology control room. (Acknowledgement: TBD) 38
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