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A computer upgrade shut down BART

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232 points ksajadi | 3 comments | 05 Sep 25 14:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.415s | source
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VonGuard ◴[05 Sep 25 17:01 UTC] No.45140823[source]▶
Sooooo much snark, and so little interest into what BART actually runs on!

Originally, BART was a master stroke of digital integration in the 70's, and it's digital voices announcing the next trains were a thing of the future: An early accessibility feature before we even knew what those were, really.

Reading:

https://www.bart.gov/about/history

https://www.bart.gov/about/projects/traincontrol#:~:text=To%...

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1. bbaron63 ◴[05 Sep 25 19:22 UTC] No.45142561[source]▶
I believe in one of the Planet of the Apes sequels, they used a BART construction site, because of how futuristic it looked.
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2. gojomo ◴[05 Sep 25 19:43 UTC] No.45142795[source]▶
Pre-opening BART tubes were definitely used for George Lucas's first feature film, THX-1138: https://www.sfgate.com/streaming/article/bart-transbay-tube-...
3. dredmorbius ◴[05 Sep 25 20:05 UTC] No.45143001[source]▶
A Streets of San Francisco episode, starting a very young Michael Douglas, was set in the BART tunnels, still under construction, as well.