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2011-10-10 22:46 A Couple of Dinosaurs

A couple of 1960s dinosaurs have new appearances in the database. The McCloud episode Butch Cassidy Rides Again features an IBM System/370 and one of Boris Karloff's final films Fear Chamber has a vital role for a Honeywell H200.

2011-10-08 17:31 Kaypro Robie

The Miami Vice episode Forgive Us Our Debts might be the epitome of 1980s television; it is certainly a showcase of 1980s computing with glimpses of an Apple II, AT&T PC 7300s, Commodore Amiga 1000s, and, a Starring-the-Computer newcomer, the Kaypro Robie.

2011-09-29 20:03 Two times IIc

Family Sins and The Best of Times both have small roles for the Apple IIc.

2011-09-24 00:25 Computercide

Computercide has a scene with a couple of IBM AN/FSQ-7 panels standing in for a library computer. Not remarkable in itself, as this machine appears in many many films, but it is the first appearance that I have found on my own without the help of Mike Loewen's excellent site on the subject!

2011-09-19 00:03 IBM PS/2E

Bad Boys features a couple of models of IBM PS/2, the Model 30/55 and, a Starring-the-Computer newcomer, the PS/2E.

2011-09-12 22:15 Convergent Workslate

Thanks to Mark J.Cairns for pointing out that Airwolf regularly featured a Convergent Workslate as part of the helicopter's computer equipment.

2011-09-11 01:24 Tektronix 4051 and a bundle of SAGEs

Battlestar Galatica features Starring-the-Computer's first Tektronix 4051 as well as some IBM AN/FSQ-7 panels. The following also feature SAGE panels: the first episode of the second season of The Invaders, the final episode of FlashForward, The Time Tunnel (alongside Burroughs B205 tape drives), Electra Woman and Dyna Girl and Brave New World.

2011-08-19 23:35 Otros Dos Amigos

Another couple of Commodore Amiga 1000 appearances have been added to the database for Game Set and Match and an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents called User Deadly.

2011-08-18 00:05 Clary Mason

The Season 6 episode of Perry Mason The Case of the Meddling Medium features a small but import role for Starring-the-Computer's first, and probably only, Clary DE-60.

2011-08-15 19:49 LEO III

Thanks to P. Machin for spotting that the computer in Hot Millions is in fact a LEO III — a great addition to the database!

2011-08-13 22:29 A Pair of Laptops

Two laptops make their Starring-the-Computer debut: The Expendables has a IBM Thinkpad R50, and The Parent Trap has a Toshiba Satellite Pro 4200/4300.

2011-07-31 19:54 Missions Impossible

All three Mission Impossible films have something to offer to Starring the Computer. Mission: Impossible has an Apple Powerbook 540c and an IBM Thinkpad 701, Mission: Impossible II has an Apple Powerbook G3 and Mission: Impossible III has an OQO Model 1 and, making its Starring-the-Computer debut, a Getac M220.

2011-07-23 14:52 A Pair of Cyborgs

Two films featuring cyborgs and the odd computer have been added to the database. Eliminators has an Amstrad CPC 6128 and an ICL 7500, and Programmed to Kill has an Olivetti M20, a Tandy TRS-80 Model III, and a Starring-the-Computer newcomer, the Data General Eclipse MV/20000.

2011-07-21 00:26 Amiga 3000

The Lovejoy episode Scotch on the Rocks provides the Commodore Amiga 3000 with its first Starring-the-Computer appearance.

2011-07-07 19:41 Zenith of the Nerds

Revenge of the Nerds II features two Zenith portables that make their first appearance on Starring the Computer: the Z-171 and the Z-181.

2011-07-02 20:50 Baader Bond

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex features a Siemens System 4004 and Never Say Never Again has a fleeting glimpse of some Olivetti M20s. Also, there is a Commodore 64C in Sensations, a Commodore Amiga 1000 in The Tower and Interface has loads of Tandy TRS-80 Model 12s.