Colossus was a fictional computer featured in the 1969apocalyptic science fictionmovie, Colossus: The Forbin Project loosely based on the 1967 novel Colossus by Dennis Feltham Jones. It has been speculated that Jones named his rogue computer after the "real" Colossus computer, because of the secrecy that surrounded the project.
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In the movie, Colossus is the Allied military supercomputer. It links up with Guardian, the Soviet supercomputer, and the combined entity takes over the world from humanity. The movie stars Eric Braeden as Dr. Charles Forbin.
At the time of production of this movie IBM was scrapping many IBM 1620 computers. About a dozen front panels from 1620s were purchased and used, in various orientations for the front panels of Colossus. A Control Data Corporationmagtape drive also seems to be in evidence as is a Tektronix RM503 oscilloscope.
Colossus: The ForbinProject is an apocalyptic science fiction movie based on the 1966 novel Colossus by Dennis Feltham Jones.
Colossus and Guardian demand that the link be restored, or "ACTION WILL BE TAKEN." When this threat is ignored, Colossus and Guardian each launch one of their nuclear missiles.
The logo for Colossus is a blue triangle with a C in the middle and an atom in the middle of the C. The Triangle represents the mountain containing Colossus, C stood for the machine, and the atom was the nuclear weapons under Colossus' control.
Colossus and Guardian begin discussing mathematics, starting with the multiplication tables but quickly surpassing the highest mathematics conceived by man. The two machines develop their own language and the conversation is no longer intelligible to humans, so the President and the Russian Premier cut the link.
Colossus shoots down the Russian missile, but the American missile is too far in its trajectory and strikes its target, destroying an oil complex and a town of 6,000 people.
Colossus is given a voice and his eerie, cold statements regarding his plans and where we fit in will give you a chill.
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