This will be because of the DOS programming language seen on the computer, the silly voice of the computer which says inexplicable things like "file opened" and "File deleted" and the episode clearly takes it's source from a number of films we have seen in the past which we recognise as soon as we see them. Demon Seed, Space Odyssey 2001, Runaway, The Omen II, Hackers, Die Hard.
That's 6 films from the top of my head crammed into 42 minutes, along with Dr No (James Bond).
Lastly, they are using a 5¼ floppy disc and there was the bigger capacity and more durable 3½ floppy discs when the episode was made ... yet a LAPTOP is provided by Mulder to a prisoner to write a program in a short space of time, despite the Laptop not being able to take the 5¼ floppy disc and despite the Laptop not having the computer language installed on it for coding the program Mulder needs.
It all looks very early 1980's and by default very dated for anybody watching the episode today in 2016 and later..
That's 6 films from the top of my head crammed into 42 minutes, along with Dr No (James Bond).
Lastly, they are using a 5¼ floppy disc and there was the bigger capacity and more durable 3½ floppy discs when the episode was made ... yet a LAPTOP is provided by Mulder to a prisoner to write a program in a short space of time, despite the Laptop not being able to take the 5¼ floppy disc and despite the Laptop not having the computer language installed on it for coding the program Mulder needs.
It all looks very early 1980's and by default very dated for anybody watching the episode today in 2016 and later..