Certain questions keep me awake at night. What is the purpose of consciousness? What will the world look like for our children? Which keyboard, exactly, is Samuel L Jackson’s character in Jurassic Park using when he attempts to access the systems and prevent more dinosaur escapes?
Luckily, the last one now has an answer: it’s the SGI Granite Keyboard (Indigo Style), of course! This fossilised piece of tech is listed on the website of Fabien Sanglard, someone who’s taken it upon themselves to go through the original film and describe all the computers and related components in “excruciating detail.”
God bless you, that’s all I can say. Where else can I find the information that everyone’s favourite super nerd, Dennis Nedry, primarily uses two Macs and one SGI Iris Crimson at his control room desk, alongside a Motorola Envoy personal digital assistant?
In fact, Sanglard has even brought some official reference material into the equation. Quoting from the book “The Making of Jurassic Park”: