believed that John Titor could be a creation, a prank, of one of his IBM team members from the 1970s. It was called a “dramatic step forward.” And IBM kept it quiet.īack then, B.D.
#Time travelers caught on film code#
But the 5100 featured an “interface between the assembly code surrounding the computer’s ROM exterior, and the 360 emulator hidden beneath it.” The specifics, here, are probably irrelevant to all but the biggest computer geeks. told us: That unique feature-that secret function-existed. Tell us about the impending nuclear war with Russia. presidential election.” Warn us about a Mad Cow Disease outbreak. Over the next four months, Titor’s 570 or so Internet posts would describe an upcoming “civil conflict over a U.S. That introduction-posted to the kind of paranormal/extraterrestrial/conspiracy theory message boards that were just finding a foothold on the Internet-would set off a four-month flurry of “what-” and “when-ifs,” as Titor answered numerous questions, told readers about his life in 2036, and gave us glimpses into our own future.
He had, he said, made a side trip to 2000 to pick up some family photos and check in on family in Tampa and Rochester. I am on my way home after getting an IBM 5100 computer system from the year 1975.” “I am a time traveler from the year 2036. 2 of 2000, a man calling himself John Titor-actually “Time_Traveler_0”-posted a message on a little-known Internet discussion board, something called the Time Travel Institute Forum.
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