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2008-02-24 13:15 Evilspeak

This horror film was banned in the UK as a so-called "video nasty", although it feels more comic than horrific these days. It does star an Apple II in a pretty central role, though.

2008-02-22 08:43 Nothing sucks like Seven VAXen!

Seven provides Starring-the-Computer with its first VAX.

2008-02-19 23:39 Arresting Groove

The Arrested development episode Family Ties has a brief glimpse of a Pet and nice shots of a Kaypro 10. There are very fleeting glimpses of an iMac, a Palm III, and IBM PC XTs in Groove.

2008-02-08 09:03 Independence Day

In one of cinema's less plausible plot lines, Jeff Goldblum infects alien technology with a computer virus he writes on his Apple Powerbook in Independence Day.

2008-02-07 23:46 Reptilian aliens use Sony Computers

At least they do in V: The Final Battle - an SMC-70 in fact.

2008-02-06 09:33 Terminator 3

A Commodore Pet is one of the computers in the disused bunker at the end of Terminator 3.

2008-01-31 18:00 The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes

Added this 1969 original to the database. It contains the tape drive of a B205.

2008-01-22 22:23 Die Hard Nokia Fan

It's been ages since the last update - not because I haven't been trying, but simply because Blockbuster haven't sent me any of the Starring-the-Computer DVDs from my list. Anyway, Nokia have their claws well embedded in Live Free or Die Hard (also known as Die Hard 4.0), with appearances from the 9300 and 770. There are also some other PDAs and Alienware machines that I can't positively identify. Ideas, anyone?

2007-11-22 09:41 The Secret of AT&T's Success

AT&T's product placement department was working overtime for The Secret of My Success, with a bevy of AT&T computers (a number of 6300s and a 7300) on display.

2007-11-20 13:36 Street Hawk

A small collection of home computers appear in the 1980s Knight Rider ripoff Street Hawk.

2007-10-25 14:19 Honeywell 200 looks a Billion Dollars

The Billion Dollar Brain has sumptuous images of the Honeywell 200 computer.

2007-10-18 23:24 Jewel of the Nile

Just added The Jewel of the Nile to the database because of a very brief view of a collection of Commodore CBM-II machines.

2007-10-15 08:20 Love the Strange IBM, Doctor

I've just added Doctor Strangelove to the database. It features some lovely shots of an IBM 7090.

2007-09-30 17:46 Holy IT Crowd, Batman!

Two more additions to the database: the 1966 TV spinoff Batman - The Move features an ancient Burroughs machine, and season one of the IT Crowd has a bevy of old home computers (a Beeb, a Pet and a ZX81).

2007-09-24 07:58 2010

Dr Heywood Floyd uses the, by then, 26-year-old Apple IIc in 2001. Technology has improved, though, because it can run without a power supply!

2007-09-19 09:06 Another Acorn

Acorn computers are having a bit of a run now. I've just added Clockwise to the database which has a nice little cameo by a BBC Micro, complete with its user manual!