Why does this prop look familiar? Outland 1981

[TheMechanic]

Watching Outland the other night and there's a good close up of this keypad that Connery uses to access Con-Am's employee database.
It looked familiar to me like I'd seen it in something else. Maybe "Alien', 'Aliens' or '2010'???
Anyone recognize it from any other movies? Any guess as to what calculator it was made from?

 

[ZeroSum]

Calculator is the Decimo Vatman Mini MII.

Specifically it is the version 2 not the version 1.

There are also some clones under various brand names.

 

[TheMechanic]

Calculator is the Decimo Vatman Mini MII.

Specifically it is the version 2 not the version 1.

There are also some clones under various brand names.

Thank you so much!

 

[TheMechanic]

Now just to find one for sale! And find this phone...

 

[pengbuzz]

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[joberg]

Maybe this one? I think the cradle would be easy to make.

 

[TheMechanic]

Pretty sure the cradle in the movie is the real cradle since it has the keypad in it & everything. I could be wrong though! The search continues.

 

[TheMechanic]

This may assist you, as the company who made this, "Decimo", apparently marketed several calculators undert eh Vatman name:

Decimo Calculators

I looked under every name that it it was made under and have found nothing so far. But I will continue to search.

 

[joberg]

Pretty sure the cradle in the movie is the real cradle since it has the keypad in it & everything. I could be wrong though! The search continues.

There's this one that could've been transformed by the propmaster/production:

Or this one:

 

[TheBeast]

Gawd, I loved that film!

If something could get me to flex non-existent skills to try and recreate, you have definitely set me up for some serious disappointment.