Apparently it's explained by a deleted scene in which they explain that our technology is mostly based on the spaceship they found in Rosewell in the 1960's which is why it's compatible.
Computer interaction in the 1990's film was so cartoonish, and non-techies were still mostly outsiders to the culture, I think ultimately we were supposed to believe Goldblum's character was just that goddamn smart.
Well, I’d figure most movie watchers weren’t paying attention to the computer brand or how any computer connects to aliens.
Like me, they were probably busy staring at Goldblum and Smith.
Gonna rewatch that today.
When it came out, I was working in a place w/Macs, Windows, and Suns. We got the Windows and Unix boxes talking easily; the Macs were a nightmare. When we all went to see it, my comment when we left was "Well, we finally found an OS that will connect to a Mac!"
It was not only Mac compatible, everyone who configured a 9600 baud modem back in the days to talk to that hillybilly ISP with the fancy dialin router and hacking AT codes like crazy will understand the marvel of engineering this dude must have been able to pull off when dialing in to the alien ship
I kinda wish I’d kept my SE/30.
The only two original gangsta all-in-ones I have are a Fat Mac and a Color Classic and I’m ashamed to say neither has been booted in a decade.
I had one of the transparent colored shell iMacs for awhile, bc some school got rid of them. Worked and everything!
Then my dumb ass gave it to my mom’s boss since he likes to collect things, and I didn’t know at that time he’s a millionaire and MAGA.
Few things do I regret more.
I still have a couple iMacs and an eMac here and if I ever get a writing nook set up, one of them will probably get designated as a dedicated DVD machine.
You should check on them, especially the Color Classic. They had batteries for the clock that, unless removed, 100% have exploded and leaked acid on the motherboard.
Either that, or they're the actual source for all the adapters I need to connect usb, usbc, lightning, and what the hell it is that Panasonic and Nikon use for cameras, and they're making bank on it.
