[windowliker]

Disappointed this only focuses on the contemporary technology used in making the (admittedly amazing) visual effects for the film, which has been addressed multiple times across various formats. When I first watched T2 as a kid the thing which grabbed me more was that gadget John Connor uses to hack the ATM and all the cool stuff in the Cyberdyne offices. It would be nice if someone wrote an article discussing that aspect of the film, for the record and posterity's sake.

[bluedino]

It's not from the VFX team but someone wrote a clone of the ATM hacking program

https://bert.org/2021/01/04/t2-pin-cracking/

[kridsdale1]

Easy Money!

[windowliker]

Super cool, thank you!

[markus_zhang]

I thought that's an ZX-81 Spectrum but I watched it again and found out that it was not!

Edit: Watched again and it is an ATARI laptop because the brand showed up in a few frames. This is probably the one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_Portfolio

A screenshot I just made: https://imgur.com/6I34YyN

[windowliker]

You are correct, sir. See the link bluedino posted!

[markus_zhang]

Thanks, yeah that's the laptop.