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7R0N
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Why is TRON called TRON.

on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 2:18 AM
A picture worth a 1000 words.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p151/kiyotewolf/TRON.png



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7R0N
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RE: Why is TRON called TRON.

on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 2:43 AM
One might argue the date on the upper left does not comply with the 1982 of TRON, but this validates both.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:IBM_BASICA.png



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You can see TRON on the bottom as well.

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7R0N
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on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 2:47 AM
This matters, because the computer Flynn was using, was an Apple III.
An Apple II, had a flavor of BASIC which was not made by MICRO$OFT.
Eventually, there became a flavor of BASIC for the Apple II that WAS from MICRO$OFT.
Then, afterwards, the Apple III, which Flynn uses for the scene from the movie, you see how it all ties together?



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The connection of TRON to various flavors of BASIC spreads out among Woz, Bill Gates, there are a bunch of interconnections from that era which explain alot.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP_Time-Shared_BASIC
What started off as time-shared BASIC in colleges, became time-shared 6502 emulation for developers, the workers found in big programming corporations, LIKE Encom.
Flynn, his time AT Encom, he WAS a 6502 time-shared emulator programmer, developing applications for home computer systems, at and around the exact time illustrated in the film.

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on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 2:50 AM
omg a mac! dont let the sector see it!
someone get teh hose! its about to get hot in hurr.

Im going on the premise that it was just a trend of its time period. I grew up in a time of "techno", put the techno/techni/techna infront of something, and its automatically smarter than a non techno, obviously... pshhh.

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on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 2:53 AM
"omg a mac! dont let the sector see it! "
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What is this supposed to mean?



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on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 2:54 AM
pullfocus.exe Wrote:omg a mac! dont let the sector see it!
someone get teh hose! its about to get hot in hurr.

Now I'm skirred

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7R0N
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on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 2:55 AM
"Now I'm skirred"
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Please don't spam the thread if you're not going to say anything useful.



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RE: Why is TRON called TRON.

on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 2:58 AM
7R0N Wrote:"omg a mac! dont let the sector see it! "
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What is this supposed to mean?



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means that this is asking for PC vs Mac fight
lets not have one

have you not browsed our forums? 1/2 of the shit is spam anyway
and where i come from, that shit is DELICIOUS!

may i also suggest using the quote box when quoting, for context sake.

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7R0N
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RE: Why is TRON called TRON.

on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 4:16 AM
I'm going to have to see if the Apple II has a TRON command. May have been removed by WOZ before Applesoft BASIC's final release.



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RE: Why is TRON called TRON.

on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 6:31 AM
7R0N Wrote:"Now I'm skirred"
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Please don't spam the thread if you're not going to say anything useful.



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on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 6:37 AM
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on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 11:39 AM
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on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 11:57 AM
Actually, this is not why Tron was called "Tron". The name Tron actually was derived from the word "electronic", since the initial concept for the Tron character was a backlit-animated character used in the Lisberger Studios logo. The idea was that the character was electronic, and was thus called TRON.

The theory that he was named after the BASIC command is popular, but was directly acknowledged and shot down by Steven Lisberger in the Making of Tron documentary.


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on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 12:12 PM
I was just about to say that, trondll, LOL!!!!! It has nothing to do whatsoever with the TR(ace) ON command.

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Fighting for TRON, The USERS, Both Flynns, Independents, and the mighty ISOs since '82.
 
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on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 5:55 PM
"The theory that he was named after the BASIC command is popular, but was directly acknowledged and shot down by Steven Lisberger in the Making of Tron documentary."
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Facinating.
And here I thought I was on to something.



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RE: Why is TRON called TRON.

on Thursday, April, 07, 2011 8:09 PM
7R0N Wrote:"obviously post-farming"
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7R0N
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RE: Why is TRON called TRON.

on Friday, April, 08, 2011 11:37 AM
I watched "The Tron Phenomenon" last night and it showed a bunch of the parts flying on to a light cycle, building it up piece by piece.
That will definitely help building it up from math geometry.



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So nice too to be able to turn on the subtitles during the movie. Some of the words get so muddled.

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RE: Why is TRON called TRON.

on Friday, April, 08, 2011 12:15 PM
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The theory that he was named after the BASIC command is popular, but was directly acknowledged and shot down by Steven Lisberger in the Making of Tron documentary.

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on Sunday, April, 10, 2011 4:23 PM
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