I asked this for you on a vintage computer group, and the only thought=20 so far was also Superman 3. Cheers, -Neil. On 2/27/2018 2:31 PM, Isaac M. Bavaresco wrote: > No, I said that the protagonist resembles Richard Pryor. > > The scenes and plot details that I remember are: > > 1) Just after leaving jail he sees a poster "Jesus Saves" or the like. > > 2) He begins working in a data processing center with mainframes, as a > programmer, I think. > > 3) Certain day he notices that a hatch with a red light on top of the > mainframe is open and a coffee pot is there for heating. With that hatch > open the machine runs in an unprotected state. He then discovers that > the janitor learned how to open the hatch in a non-conventional way by > hitting the side of the machine with a bucket. > > 4) He starts using that weakness to do things... > > > Cheers, > > Isaac > > > > Em 27/02/2018 16:10, Bob Blick escreveu: >> Then it must be Superman III from 1983. I liked that movie. Richard Pryo= r figured out a way to deposit rounding errors into his own bank account. G= ood one! >> >> Friendly regards, >> >> Bob >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu on behalf of Isa= ac M. Bavaresco >> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 9:28 AM >> To: piclist@mit.edu >> Subject: Re: [OT] Old movie >> >> Hi Bob, >> >> I think it is not the movie I am looking for. >> >> If I remember it right, the main character was African-American >> resembling Richard Pryor, and in the plot he works as a clerk for a big >> company. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Isaac >> >> >> >> Em 27/02/2018 14:06, Bob Blick escreveu: >>> Hi Isaac, >>> >>> Found this in the admin shredder, from a not-subscribed lurker: >>> >>> From: >>> Today, 7:10 AM >>> Microcontroller discussion list - Public. (piclist@mit.edu) >>> >>> hot millions (1968) >>> >>> kind regards >>> >>> JEAN >>> >>> ________________________________________ >>> From: Isaac M. Bavaresco >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2018 6:16 AM >>> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. >>> Subject: [OT] Old movie >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> Does anyone remember the name of this old movie (70's or 80's perhaps) >>> where a guy is released from jail and starts working in a data >>> processing center? There he learns how to bypass the security mechanism= s >>> of the mainframe from the janitor that uses a bucket to open a hatch on >>> top of the machine to heat her coffee. >>> >>> I remember that soon after being released he sees a poster of Jesus on = a >>> wall. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Isaac --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .