S/3 Promotion movie
I was
lucky to lay my hands on the original A and B rolls 16 mm promotion
movie made by Charisma Productions for IBM.
The oldest date entry of cleaning record is 16th of May 1969. The red/yellow color of the trees in movie indicate that the movie is probably shot in the autumn of 1968.
Here you can see the restored version: Part 1 and Part 2.
Here are some nice still of it.
Some observations:
1- Some scenes in the movie show a early model of the 5444 drive while a this is a model 10 card system.
2- The buttons/lights arrangement in the lower right "System Control" panel differs from the production version:
On the CPU in this movie it is:
See also this ealy CPU picture:
Production version of the "System Controls" arrangement is as follows:
Anyone any idea why this was changed ?
3- The product name "S/3" is not printed on the black bar on top of the operator panel.
4- A small operator panel on the left hand side of the 5203 printer. (not present in production version.)
5- Right of the four dail switches on the operator panel is a red indicator.
In the production version this is either a grey dummy or the blue BSCA STEP button or a SIOC light.
The oldest date entry of cleaning record is 16th of May 1969. The red/yellow color of the trees in movie indicate that the movie is probably shot in the autumn of 1968.
Here you can see the restored version: Part 1 and Part 2.
Here are some nice still of it.
Some observations:
1- Some scenes in the movie show a early model of the 5444 drive while a this is a model 10 card system.
2- The buttons/lights arrangement in the lower right "System Control" panel differs from the production version:
On the CPU in this movie it is:
| "PROCESS CHECK" | "I/O ATTENTION" |
| "POWER ON/OFF" | "LOAD" |
| "START " | "STOP" |
Production version of the "System Controls" arrangement is as follows:
| "LOAD" | "PROCESS CHECK" , |
| "POWER ON/OFF" | "I/O ATTENTION" |
| "START" | "STOP" |
3- The product name "S/3" is not printed on the black bar on top of the operator panel.
4- A small operator panel on the left hand side of the 5203 printer. (not present in production version.)
5- Right of the four dail switches on the operator panel is a red indicator.
In the production version this is either a grey dummy or the blue BSCA STEP button or a SIOC light.