Comment by gradschool 17 days ago See [1] for a funny nostalgic Australian movie about it titled "The Dish".[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205873/ 3 comments gradschool Reply teractiveodular 16 days ago Fun fact: there was a cafe at the Parkes visitor centre, inevitably called "The Dish".https://maps.app.goo.gl/xe5Udu4HPkrt7hqL6 wduquette 17 days ago Different antenna, though from the same era. dcminter 17 days ago Indeed, "The Dish" is about the Parkes⁰ radio telescope. Very fictional though :)Tom Scott did a nice video¹ visiting it a little while back - as a vintage computing enthusiast I was rather pleased to see a PDP-11 in their equipment racks!⁰ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkes_Observatory¹ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o38C-ultvw
teractiveodular 16 days ago Fun fact: there was a cafe at the Parkes visitor centre, inevitably called "The Dish".https://maps.app.goo.gl/xe5Udu4HPkrt7hqL6
wduquette 17 days ago Different antenna, though from the same era. dcminter 17 days ago Indeed, "The Dish" is about the Parkes⁰ radio telescope. Very fictional though :)Tom Scott did a nice video¹ visiting it a little while back - as a vintage computing enthusiast I was rather pleased to see a PDP-11 in their equipment racks!⁰ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkes_Observatory¹ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o38C-ultvw
dcminter 17 days ago Indeed, "The Dish" is about the Parkes⁰ radio telescope. Very fictional though :)Tom Scott did a nice video¹ visiting it a little while back - as a vintage computing enthusiast I was rather pleased to see a PDP-11 in their equipment racks!⁰ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkes_Observatory¹ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o38C-ultvw
Fun fact: there was a cafe at the Parkes visitor centre, inevitably called "The Dish".
https://maps.app.goo.gl/xe5Udu4HPkrt7hqL6
Different antenna, though from the same era.
Indeed, "The Dish" is about the Parkes⁰ radio telescope. Very fictional though :)
Tom Scott did a nice video¹ visiting it a little while back - as a vintage computing enthusiast I was rather pleased to see a PDP-11 in their equipment racks!
⁰ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkes_Observatory
¹ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o38C-ultvw