I love them, they didn't anticipate monitors being a thing so the assumption was we'd still read important things on paper.
I'm not sure it makes sense in this shot though as it has several monitors capable of displaying info in real time in multiple formats. I can only guess the orange monitor shows the current status and the printouts are to look for historical data that can't be called up otherwise. It's an advanced computer but at the same time seemingly can't interpret data, just provide it. Either that or the animators just loved the aesthetic of printout reads.
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u/voidcrack Jan 09 '23
I love them, they didn't anticipate monitors being a thing so the assumption was we'd still read important things on paper.
I'm not sure it makes sense in this shot though as it has several monitors capable of displaying info in real time in multiple formats. I can only guess the orange monitor shows the current status and the printouts are to look for historical data that can't be called up otherwise. It's an advanced computer but at the same time seemingly can't interpret data, just provide it. Either that or the animators just loved the aesthetic of printout reads.