My wife is a fan of NCIS and I just watched an episode of the Los Angeles version with her. In it, the bad guys take over a nuclear launch control center. They try to re-target the missiles. They appear to be using Commodore 64s but we don't get a close-up.
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As per Is current use of retro technologies on-topic, this question is off-topic. – wizzwizz4 Feb 24 '18 at 11:58
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Could I rephrase it is identification? Or does it just have to go? – badjohn Feb 24 '18 at 12:02
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If your question is "what is the computer in this frame / clip?"... I'll check. – wizzwizz4 Feb 24 '18 at 12:02
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Rephrased. I hope that it is on topic now. – badjohn Feb 24 '18 at 12:03
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It's on-topic... but not really answerable. If you could make your question look more like this one it would be much easier for people to answer it. – wizzwizz4 Feb 24 '18 at 12:04
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I don't have any easy way to get a screen capture. I was hoping that someone else may have watched the episode – badjohn Feb 24 '18 at 12:06
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Ok. I'll make a couple of edits, but it probably won't get an answer for a while. – wizzwizz4 Feb 24 '18 at 12:07
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2Would probably help if you identify which episode (by number or title), as different episodes air on different dates in different regions... – Jules Feb 24 '18 at 12:08
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Thanks. It is only curiosity so a late answer or no answer is not serious. – badjohn Feb 24 '18 at 12:08
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@Jules I may be able to do that. I'll try an undelete on the DVR. – badjohn Feb 24 '18 at 12:08
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It's actually NCIS LA, Season 9, Episode 7. And I'm pretty sure it actually is a C64 – tofro Feb 24 '18 at 13:20
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1Related, or even a duplicate: https://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/82792/does-the-us-really-use-c64-computers-for-the-launch-control-of-their-missiles – tofro Feb 24 '18 at 13:21
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@tofro Yes, that is it. – badjohn Feb 24 '18 at 13:51
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@tofro Post an answer? – wizzwizz4 Feb 24 '18 at 15:44
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1Generally NCIS has a rather lenient attitude towards computer accuracy. – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Aug 09 '19 at 21:33
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It's actually NCIS LA, Season 9, Episode 7. And I'm pretty sure it actually is a C64
This question on Movies&TV has some footage from the series and the computer definitely looks like a C64.
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I was watching John Wick 2 the other day and I noticed that the computer used for logging assassination contracts was very familiar. – JeremyP Feb 26 '18 at 10:17
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