Editing Control Data Corporation (section)

==Film and science fiction references==
* ''[[Mars Needs Women]]'' (1967) – a CDC 3400 is used for radio communication and to direct the actions of the military as they intercept the Martian spaceships.<ref name=starringthecomputer />
* ''[[Colossus: The Forbin Project]]'' (1970)&nbsp;– The title sequences to this film include tape drives and other early CDC equipment.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJ6vBwAAQBAJ&q=Colossus:+The+Forbin+Project+control+data+corporation&pg=PA14|title=A Year of Fear|isbn=9780786431960|last1=Senn|first1=Bryan|date=2007-06-29|publisher=McFarland }}</ref><ref name="newslikethis.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.newslikethis.com/control-data-acclaimed-building-fastest-computers-supercomputers-breakthrough-computering|title=Control Data Acclaimed For Building Fastest Computers Supercomputers Breakthrough Computering}}</ref>
* ''[[The Mad Bomber (1972 film)|The Mad Bomber]]'' (1973) – The police department has a CDC 3100 that they use to profile the bomber.<ref name="starringthecomputer">{{cite web|title=Starring the Computer – CDC 3100|url=http://www.starringthecomputer.com/computer.html?c=255|website=www.starringthecomputer.com|access-date=27 July 2016}}</ref>
* ''[[The Adolescence of P-1]]'' (1977), by Thomas Ryan&nbsp;– Control Data computers were very enticing to young P-1.<ref name="newslikethis.com" />
* ''[[The New Avengers (TV series)|The New Avengers]]''&nbsp;– In episode 2-10 (#23) ("Complex", 1977) Purdey uses a CDC card reader.<ref name="newslikethis.com" />
* ''[[Mi-Sex]]&nbsp;– [[Computer Games (song)|Computer Games]]'': 1979 pop music video. The band enters the computer room in the Control Data [[North Sydney, New South Wales|North Sydney]] building and proceeds to play with CDC equipment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kotaku.com/5818804/the-amazing-1979-song-about-computer-games|title=The Amazing 1979 Song About Computer Games|author=Luke Plunkett|publisher=Gawker Media|work=Kotaku|date=7 July 2011 }}</ref>
* ''[[Tron]]'' (1982)&nbsp;– In the [[wide screen]] version of the film, when Flynn and Lora sneak into Encom, a [[CDC 7600]] is visible in the background, alongside a [[Cray-1]]. This scene was shot at the [[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory]].<ref name="newslikethis.com" />
* ''[[Die Hard]]'' (1988)&nbsp;– The computer room shot up by one of the terrorists contained a number of working [[CDC Cyber|Cyber 180]] computers and a mock-up of an [[ETA-10]] supercomputer, along with a number of other peripheral devices, all provided by CDC Demonstration Services/Benchmark Lab. This equipment was requested on short notice after another computer manufacturer backed out at the last minute. Paul Derby, manager of the Benchmark Lab, arranged to send two van-loads of equipment to Hollywood for the shoot, accompanied by Jerry Sterns of the Benchmark Lab who supervised the equipment while it was on the set. After the machines were returned to Minnesota, they were inspected and tested, and as each machine was sold, a notation was made in the corporate records that the machine had appeared in the film.<ref name="newslikethis.com" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150813113021/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/13728/Die-Hard/credits The New York Times Movies]</ref>
* ''[[They Live]]'' (1988), by [[John Carpenter]]&nbsp;– As [[Roddy Piper]]'s character is trying on his new "sunglasses" that allow him to see the world as it is, he looks at an advertisement for Control Data Corporation and sees the word OBEY.<ref>Colin Bowling, [https://books.google.com/books?id=2tYdQNY-waEC&pg=PA112 A New Order of the Ages] – 2011, {{ISBN|1462039952}}, page 112</ref> The film's credits include "special thanks" to CDC.