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Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book"

From	Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book"
Date	2021-01-18 21:46 +0000
Organization	news.netcologne.de
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I just watched the episode "What Happened to April" from the 1981
TV series "Nero Wolfe".  A computer at a law firm figures rather
prominently in the plot.

Has anybody seen that and know what system it was, by any chance?
It features tape a tape drive and numerous tapes, but seems to
be more of a microfiche system, or maybe a word processor (but no
printer in evidence).  The manufacturer's label could not really
be read.

Or was it just random computer props put together?

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Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2021-01-18 21:46 +0000
  Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-01-19 01:02 -0800
    Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2021-01-19 10:24 +0000
      Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-01-19 02:43 -0800
        Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2021-01-19 12:00 +0000
      Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@127.0.0.1> - 2021-01-19 12:07 +0000
        Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-20 12:38 +0000
          Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Paul_news <paul@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-20 19:56 +0000
            Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2021-01-20 20:14 +0000
              Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-21 21:52 +0000
                Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Paul_news <paul@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-21 23:16 +0000
                Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2021-01-21 18:44 -0600
                Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-22 21:02 +0000
                Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-01-23 12:52 -0800
                Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2021-01-24 21:21 +0000
      Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2021-01-19 07:58 -0700
        Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2021-01-19 18:50 +0000
          Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2021-01-22 23:41 -0500
            Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2021-01-23 15:17 +0000
            Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2021-01-23 16:17 -0700
              Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2021-01-24 08:08 +0000
        Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-01-25 17:55 -0800
          Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2021-01-26 08:42 -0700
  Re: Computer from Nero Wolfe "Murder by the book" Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2021-01-19 01:03 -0800

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