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2012-06-14 00:25 Access Code

The 1984 movie Access Code as a couple of shots of a Kaypro 10 luggable computer.

2012-05-23 22:51 Another orchardful

Here's another bunch of features that have relatively modern Apple computers on view: The Family Stone, Novocaine, The Spy Next Door, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Road Trip, Tamara Drew, One Day, Under the Tuscan Sun, and an episode from season six of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

2012-05-15 00:27 Two more PS/2s

Fair Game and the Columbo episode Murder, Smoke and Shadows both feature the IBM PS/2 (model 50 or 70).

2012-05-01 22:29 What the Dell?

The episode Kill Zone, from the first season of CSI: Miami, has a small role for a Starring-the-Computer debutante, the Dell Axim X5. Perhaps surprisingly, this is the very first Dell to hit the database.

2012-04-27 21:52 Seksmisja not Family Viewing?

The cult Polish sci-fi Seksmisja has a rare sighting of a Tektronix 4051, and Family Viewing has small roles for the rather more mundane Commodore 64 and Amiga 1000.

2012-04-23 22:59 Virtual Versa

The NEC VERSA P makes its Starring-the-Computer debut in the Virtual Slide episode of Sliders.

2012-04-14 15:46 Capricorn Five-O

The Hawaii Five-O episode (actually a pair of episodes) Once Upon a Time and the film Capricorn One both feature panels from the IBM AN/FSQ-7.

2012-04-02 22:45 Another Couple of Commodores

Two more brief Commodore appearances: an Amiga 3000 in City Slickers and an SX64 in Blind Fury.

2012-03-27 22:33 Galactica 1620

Bits of IBM 1620 make brief background appearances throughout the short-lived Galactica 1980.

2012-03-10 23:45 Sony Stuff

The Stuff has a brief view of an Atari 800 and Ground Zero features a Commodore 64 and, making its Starring-the-Computer debut, a Sony SMC-70G.

2012-03-05 22:23 Many More Apples

As they tend to turn up with frankly tedious regularity, I'm bunching up my Apple updates. All of the following feature Apple machines of one variety or another: My Best Friend's Wedding, Stargate SG-1, Tron: Legacy, Orphan, Showtime, Bridget Jones's Diary, Full Frontal, The Sopranos, Domestic Disturbance, Vanilla Sky, Kate and Leopold, and The Last Mimzy.

2012-02-20 23:02 Two mysteries solved

Two new machines have been added to the database and their entries removed from the Most Wanted list. There is the Sperry Rand Solid State which appears in That Touch of Mink, and the Sharp Wizard OZ-9500 which makes a brief, but important, appearance in Paws. I've added a new mystery machine to the Most Wanted list. Can anyone work out the model of HELP[rollerball, this Univac] in Rollerball?

2012-02-18 22:18 The Naked PC

Thanks to Brian for spotting that an AT&T PC 6300 appears briefly in The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!.

2012-02-04 00:29 I could murder an Amstrad

An Amstrad PCW 9512 makes its Starring-the-Computer debut: a very brief appearance in a new Midsomer Murders episode A Rare Bird.

2012-01-31 22:23 iBook G3

Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams has a very brief outing for Starring-the-Computer's first Apple iBook G3.

2012-01-22 23:13 64 is 30

The Commodore 64 just turned 30 and here it is making a brief appearance in the 1985 film Chiller.