Buy Matthew Broderick's old movie computer and possibly impress Ally Sheedy

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By Phil Johnson
ITWorld.com
June 26, 2013

30 years ago this month, the classic hacker movie WarGames came out, and 
young nerds across the land ogled the setup Matthew Broderick’s character 
David Lightman had in his bedroom. No, we’re not (only) talking about Ally 
Sheedy, who liked to hang out there. We speak, of course, about the fine 
looking computer hardware he used to almost start a global thermonuclear 
war and if you ever dreamed about owning it all, you now can, for the 
right price.

As I wrote last week, Lightman’s room featured an IMSAI 8080 
microcomputer, with an IMSAI FDC-2 dual 8-inch floppy drive, an IMSAI 
IKB-1 intelligent keyboard and an IMSAI (in actuality a Cermetek) 212A 
modem. In the process of researching that slideshow, I contacted the man 
who supplied the hardware for the movie and who still owns most of it. His 
name is Todd Fischer and he wrote a very detailed background on the 
history of his involvement providing the movie’s makers with all that cool 
hardware.

Turns out that Fischer still has the 8080, the keyboard and the modem, and 
they’re all still in working condition (the dual floppy drive was damaged 
in shipping after use in the movie and was discarded). He’s now looking to 
sell the famous props as a set. He hasn’t currently decided how he’ll 
handle the sale, though he’s leaning towards an auction house. However, he 
will also consider any offers now that someone might want to make.

“The package will include all provenance, hardware, and promotional items 
including posters and lobby cards that I received from MGM at the time,” 
Fischer told me.

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