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2020-02-22 15:48 TI twins and Commodores and more

The Dead Air episode of "Defiance" has a brief glimpse of a Texas Instruments TI-99/4A as does The Terror Within (along with the GE 635). Murder in Space has a Commodore 64, as does the "NCIS: Los Angeles" episode The Silo which also has the Starring-the-Computer debutante Dell Latitude E6420 XFR. Finally, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum continues the trend of including Commodore VIC-20s and Vice Acadamy 5 has a Commodore PET 3000/4000 series.

2020-02-16 17:02 Double Murder

Two more episodes of "Murder, She Wrote" are in the database. Judge Not has a Atari Mega ST, and A Virtual Murder has a Compaq Contura 4/25cx and an Olivetti M20.

2020-02-09 16:36 Three times II

There are three more appearances of the Apple II in Go For It, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and the "Silver Spoons" episode A Fair to Remember.

2020-01-26 14:39 A Jobs Lot

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Jobs has a lot of computers: the Apple II, IIe, III, Lisa, Macintosh, plus a reproduction of an Apple 1 makes its debut. The film also has plenty of non-Apple machines: the Commodore PET 2001 and PET 3000/4000 series, the MITS Altair 8800, NeXT NeXTcube and Tandy TRS-80 Model I.

2020-01-17 23:49 Triple Twilight

Three episodes of The Twilight Zone add entries. Her Pilgrim Soul and The Misfortune Cookie both have Televideo TS-803s, and 20/20 Vision has a Commodore 64.

2020-01-01 16:20 Old Computers for a New Decade

The aptly named The January Man features a Compaq Portable and, making its Starring the Computer debut, the NEC PowerMate 1.

2019-12-08 12:17 December Big Iron

Here's a bunch of Big Iron. Bumblebee has panels from the IBM AN/FSQ-7, as does the Six Million Dollar Man episode Day of the Robot, along with a RCA Spectra 70. Two episodes of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century feature panels from the GE 635: Cruise Ship to the Stars and Happy Birthday, Buck. Finally, the Blake's 7 episode Stardrive features a heavily disguised Honeywell H200 front panel.

2019-11-24 16:00 Cuatro Amigas

Four appearances of Commodore Amigas have been added to the database. Avalon has the Amiga 500, Into the Homeland has the Amiga 1000 and Toy Soldiers has Amiga 2000s. Also the Flipper episode The White Dolphin has a Apple Macintosh Quadra 630 and an Amiga 500.

2019-11-03 15:21 Two times PS/2 and a Vectra too

Mrs Doubtfire and Resurrection both feature IBM PS/2s and Nikita has the HP Vectra.

2019-10-19 23:10 X Filed

Just added two episodes of "The X Files". Season 2's Blood has an Apple Powerbook 540c and season 10's Home Again gives the HP Pavilion TouchSmart 15 an, albeit very brief, debut.

2019-10-08 00:21 All new laptops and PDAs

All of these portable machines make their Starring-the Computer debut. In the first season of Jessica Jones, Jessica uses a Acer Aspire R14. The Matrix features an Apple Newton MessagePad 2000 and an IBM Thinkpad 500. The "Black Books" episode A Nice Change and a Psion Series 5. And finally, two episodes of "Law & Order" from season 10: Star Struck has an IBM PS/2 Model L40 SX, and Merger has a Palm V and sneaks in the IBM Aptiva 2137 desktop machine, also making its first appearance.

2019-09-29 13:53 Rich seams from Poland and West Germany

Two films from the 1980s that are packed with machines. Peng! Du bist tot! has the Commodore 64 and 128, the DEC PDP-11/23, Epson QX-10, Sinclair Research ZX Spectrum, and making its debut the Epson PX-4. Król komputerów has the Commodore 64, Epson HX-20, IBM System/360 and System/370, and two debutantes: the SMT Groupil G4 and Timex Computer 2048.

2019-09-15 18:07 A Ton of Tandys

First up some TRS-80s: Mindhunter - Season 2, Episode 3 has a Model 4 and the season 5 finale of Dallas has a Model III. Then there is the Young Sheldon episode A Computer, a Plastic Pony, and a Case of Beer which has a Tandy 1000HX and then two debutantes: the Tandy 1000SL/TL and the Tandy 1400. Finally, The Magical World of Disney episode The B.R.A.T. Patrol has Tandy TRS-80 Model 100s and sneaks in a Sperry Univac 90/80.

2019-09-01 15:25 Brits on TV

Three British TV shows have appearances from British computers, with three debutantes. First up, the Girls on Top episode Who's Ya Uncle Shelley? has Acorn Electrons and Amstrad PCW 8256s. Next, the Inspector Morse episode Greeks Bearing Gifts also has a Amstrad PCW 8256, plus two newcomers: the Amstrad ALT-286/386SX and the Psion Organiser. Finally, the Grange Hill episode Nasty Girls has another machine new to the site, the Research Machines Nimbus.

2019-08-11 14:12 Stranger and Strangers

The Stranger Things episode Chapter Four: The Sauna Test has a brief glimpse of an IBM PC XT and Strangers in Paradise has an Epson HX-20 and Kaypro 10s.

2019-08-04 23:06 A pack of Commodores and the Tandon PAC

Molly i världen has a Commodore SX64, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency has a Commodore 64 in season 2 and Prince of Darkness has a Commodore Amiga 1000 and, making its Starring-the-Computer debut, the Tandon PAC 286.