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The original Family Feud game board (was computerized!)
jlgarfield:
https://books.google.com/books?id=oLuly6UdghYC&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=Ferranti-Packard+board+Family+Feud&source=bl&ots=LeFTt_hqma&sig=ACfU3U3aFbDirPexVWw-HfjUF1R8z4ApBw&hl=en&ppis=_e&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjI_uORzbvnAhWT9Z4KHVQ5An8Q6AEwBHoECAsQAQ#v=onepage&q=Ferranti-Packard%20board%20Family%20Feud&f=false - Hey, all. Here's something cool: This November 1976 issue of Computerworld talks about the then-new game show Family Feud's Ferranti-Packard game board being powered by a 32K Jacquard Systems computer! Quite the technological marvel then. :D
knagl:
Nice find. The article mentions that Feud was a "new" show. Was this the pilot set? It doesn't look quite like the Feud I remember:
Bob Zager:
Yes, it was the pilot set! Here is the episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNL2frKAkN8
BrandonFG:
--- Quote from: knagl on February 05, 2020, 07:37:33 PM ---Nice find. The article mentions that Feud was a "new" show. Was this the pilot set? It doesn't look quite like the Feud I remember:
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Even with all the time I spent working in TV, I’m always amazed at how tiny sets are in real life. You see it even more with shows recorded in 4:3.
Edited to insert smaller image to not distort the page on some browsers. -knagl
jlgarfield:
And in case you are wondering whether the same board was used in the later Combs version, it was NOT. Randy West states that Mr. Goodson paid about $250K for a faster, souped-version of the Ferranti-Packard board for Combs' FF.
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