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2017-03-09 22:58 A Sharp Theory

The Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything has an IBM PC and a Commodore PET, but also has a Sharp MZ-80K which makes its Starring the Computer debut.

2017-03-04 15:16 The Computer Guy

The Spring Break episode of the Fall Guy has a number of computers. There are Apple IIes, Tandy TRS-80 Model 4s and a GRiD Compass.

2017-02-25 16:38 Robie's From The Darkside

The first episode of the second season of Tales from the Darkside sees a Kaypro Robie communicating with an alien!

2017-02-24 19:55 Steve Jobs

Today would have been Steve Jobs 62nd birthday, so it's an appropriate time to add the film Steve Jobs which, unsurprisingly, is festooned with Apple and NeXT computers including the Macintosh, the Lisa,the iMac, the Powerbook G3, the Newton MessagePad and the NeXTcube.

2017-02-12 22:51 64s in th '70s

Two TV episodes both set in the 1970s show a Commodore 64 that belongs firmly in the 1980s: DC's Legends of Tomorrow Blood Ties and That '70s Show Leaving Home Ain't Easy.

2017-02-03 23:11 A Couple of Classics

A couple of appearances of the Apple Macintosh Classic in TV shows Extant (Season 2, Episode 10) and Frasier (Season 1, Episode 23).

2017-01-28 18:14 Spectre of a Clevo

Spectre gives Starring the Computer its first machine from Clevo, the snappily named P151SM1.

2017-01-23 00:31 Small Wonders

Two episodes of the TV series Small Wonder have computers. Season 1, Episode 1 has a Tandy TRS-80 Model III and Season 4, Episode 6 has a Apple IIe both in important roles.

2017-01-14 12:24 Apple of Interest

A Macintosh IIsi plays an important role in the Bad Code episode of Person of Interest.

2017-01-06 00:08 Have An Ace New Year!

Two of the Aces Go Places series (also known as Mad Mission) feature computers. Aces Go Places 2 has a Atari 800, and Aces Go Places 3 has a Apple IIe.

2016-12-11 22:01 Down and Olivetti in Beverly Hills

There's a couple of brief glimpsed of an Olivetti M20 in the film Down and Out in Beverly Hills.

2016-11-06 18:13 Creepy Computers

A little late for Halloween, but there's a Commodore CBM-II in the mockumentary Ghostwatch and an HP 150 II in The Canterville Ghost.

2016-10-08 01:19 A Deluge of Debutantes

All of the following machines are making their first appearance on this site. Barb Wire has a Mattel Entertainment Computer System and a Casio Z-7000, Paul has a Getac B300, Real Life has a fleeting glimpse of a DEC PDP-11/45, and the third episode of Deutschland 83 has a Robotron A 5120 and a IBM Portable Personal Computer.

2016-09-17 23:51 Last Apples of Summer

Furry Vengeance has an Apple Macbook Pro, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen has a Macbook and an iMac, The Core has a Powerbook G3, Terminator Genisys has a Mac Plus and an Apple II and the Full House episode A House Divided has a Macintosh Classic.

2016-09-05 01:04 360 in the Attic

A second lump of big iron for the weekend - there's an IBM System/360 playing a brief role in the 1968 film Three in the Attic.

2016-09-03 14:25 Univac 9400

The second episode of the short-lived 1970s drama series Scorpion Tales offers Starring the Computer its first view of a Sperry Univac 9400. Thanks to Jim for the tip off.