[What you need to know to start the day: Get New York Today in your inbox.] The CBS fantasy-mystery “God Friended Me” rented computers that were cutting-edge machines in the now-ancient era of 15 or 20 years ago. The Netflix prison drama “Orange Is the New Black” also found obsolete computers, and a Canadian program called “Vintage Tech Hunters” located the particular PlayStation video game console from the 1990s that it had been hunting for. A blocky recycling-center warehouse in Brooklyn has become a go-to destination for producers and set decorators searching for computers that have been swept into the dustbin of tech history. “It’s a wonderful and weird back-room gold mine if you know what you’re looking for,” said David Lerech, an executive producer of “Vintage Tech Hunters.” “You get some diamonds in the rough if you search through the place.

Source: New York Times March 03, 2019 15:56 UTC