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2019-07-14 16:04 I Would Watch 500 Films, and I Would Watch 500 More!

This update brings the total number of features on Starring the Computer to 1000! The first episode of The Incredible Hulk has a small part of the IBM AN/FSQ-7 and the RCA Spectra 70. Co je vám, doktore? has some good shots of a Robotron EC 1040. Rancid Aluminium has a Acorn Archimedes and a Compaq Prolinea 3/4. Short Circuit 2 has appeared on the site before, but I missed the Coleco Adam keyboard (the first Adam appearance). Paranormal Activity 3 has a Commodore Amiga 2000, The Little Drummer Girl has a Commodore PET 3000/4000 series, and finally - bringing up the 1000 - Good Omens has a Amstrad PCW 8256.

2019-07-06 16:52 A Slice of Pi

The Raspberry Pi makes is debut on the site with appearances in Point Break, and episodes of Black Mirror and Continuum.

2019-06-23 12:53 All the Apples

I've added another big bunch of Apple appearances to the database. Good Advice has a Clamshell iBook G3 and a Macintosh II/IIx. Prom Night II has a MACINTOSH Plus. Goremet, Zombie Chef from Hell and Aces Go Places 5: The Terracotta Hit have Apple IIs. Desperate Hours has an Apple IIGS. There are Apple IIcs in Beyond - Season 1, Episode 4, "The Man in the Yellow Jacket", Tales from the Crypt - Season 2, Episode 7, "The Sacrifice" and Miami Vice - Season 1, Episode 19, "The Home Invaders" (along with a Tandy TRS-80 Model 4). I Still Dream of Jeannie and The Rainmaker have Macintosh SEs. 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain has a Macintosh Quadra 610 and a Powerbook 190. Rogue Trader has a Powerbook 140, along with a Toshiba Satellite 100cs. Home Improvement - Season 6, Episode 5, "Al's Video" has a Powerbook Duo. Don't Think Twice has an iMac G4, a Macbook, and a Unibody iMac. Finally, Oldboy has a Macbook Air and a Macbook Pro.

2019-06-02 22:43 The First Fujitsu Is Always The Hardest

The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest gives Starring the Computer its first Fujitsu fmV-Biblo MF3/45.

2019-05-12 18:48 Scratching the Surface

Two Microsoft Surface machine make their Starring-the-Computer debut. The Surface 3 appears in Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (along with a Panasonic Toughbook and another debutante, the Dell XPS 15). The Surface Book appears in the Timeless episode Mrs. Sherlock Holmes (along with a Tandy TRS-80 Model 4).

2019-04-27 19:10 Many Old Iron

Number One has a IBM System/360, as does DeepStar Six along with a Honeywell 6000, an episode of The Muppet Show has a ICT 1301, the Monstrous episode of Teen Wolf has Burroughs B205 tape drives, the My Three Sons episode Steve and the Computer has a Univac 422 and, make its Starring the Computer debut, an HP 9100 appears in The Andromeda Strain.

2019-04-14 17:20 April Assortment

Here's a somewhat random collection of small home and business computers. The Soldier has a Commodore PET 4000 series and, making its Starring-the-Computer debut, a Vector Graphic Vector 3. The Mean Season has a bunch of Televideo TS-803s and a second Starring-the-Computer debutante - a Televideo TPC-1. The Kidnapping of the President has a Commodore PET 2001. The Magnum, PI episode On the Fly, has a IMSAI 8080, a IBM PC XT and a MITS Altair 8800. Razorback has a Atari 800. North Dallas Forty has a Tandy TRS-80 Model I. Where Evil Lives has a Apple IIc and The Protector has IIes. And finally, the Fringe episode Subject 13 has a Apple Macintosh SE and a Commodore PET 2001.

2019-04-04 16:32 Pavilion Girls

Episode 11 from both Season 5 and Season 6 of Gilmore Girls both feature HP Pavilion laptops making their Starring-the-Computer debut: the ZE4300 and DV1000 respectively.

2019-03-29 16:35 Still Lost in Space

More computers in Lost in Space episodes: IBM AN/FSQ-7 panels make two appearances in The Phantom Family and Space Destructors (which also features the Burroughs B205).

2019-03-05 20:16 A couple of GRiDs and a couple of others

Perfect has a GRiD Compass in a fairly important role. Never Too Young to Die has an HP 150 but also a couple of newcomers: a Seiko UC-2000 and our second GRiD machine - a GRiDcase 2.

2019-02-17 16:32 Torch C Series

The Torch C series makes its Starring-the-Computer debut with two appearances in Me and My Girl and Dempsey and Makepeace.

2019-02-10 13:37 February Apples

See You In September has an Apple Macbook Pro, Raising Helen has a Powerbook G4, an iMac G4 and an iBook G4, Just Married has a Clamshell iBook G3 and Runaway Jury has an iMac G3 and a Powerbook G4.

2019-02-04 00:45 The Frumious Bandersnatch!

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch has a wealth of 1980s home computers including the Acorn BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Tandy TRS-80 Model I, Toshiba HX-10, Tandy TRS-80 Model III, Sinclair Research ZX Spectrum and (making its Starring-the-Computer debut) ZX Spectrum+. Finally, another newcomer to the site is the Tatung Einstein 256.

2019-01-20 16:55 Green Figures on a Shoestring

The Green Hornet episode The Ray Is for Killing has a Burroughs B205, the Shoestring episode Utmost Good Faith has a ICL 2900 and the IBM 7090 plays a crucial role in Hidden Figures.

2019-01-12 00:01 A Medley of Microcomputers

The third episode of Dark has a Commodore 64C, the pilot of Moonlighting has Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer and there is a Tandy TRS-80 Model 100 in the V episode War of Illusions. There are Apple IIs in The Dead Zone and the Magnum P.I. episode Summer School. And finally a couple of Amstrad CPC appearances: a 464 in the famous Christmas 1986 episode of Eastenders and a 6128 in the Red Dwarf episode Stasis Leak.

2019-01-05 23:08 Three times GE 635

The GE 635 makes its Starring-the-Computer debut with three appearances. There is the most fleeting of shots in Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan and then a considerably better view in Serenity and an episode of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.