SMRTR TechJul 15, 2026Ars Technica

Engineer identifies and explains every '90s computer seen in Jurassic Park

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Google software engineer Fabien Sanglard went through Jurassic Park frame by frame, identifying every piece of real 1990s hardware shown on screen, including five Thinking Machines CM-5 systems and several SGI workstations. The film's tech choices were surprisingly accurate, reflecting writer Michael Crichton's deep background in computing.

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