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2017-05-06 01:49 Sony Pixels

Pixels has a couple of Sony Starring-the-Computer debutantes, a VAIO Duo 13 and a Sony VAIO Tap 21, as well as brief glimpse of an old Commodore 64 and Commodore 64C.

2017-05-01 23:00 Apple Zone

Drop Zone is awash with Apple computers: a Macintosh, a Powerbook Duo, a Quadra 650 and a Quadra 800. There's also a Compaq Contura 4/25cx.

2017-04-22 12:56 90s Laptop Double Debut

Two early 90s laptops make their first appearance on Starring the Computer: a Toshiba T1000LE in an episode of Spatz and a Compaq LTE 286 in an episode of Frasier.

2017-04-14 14:37 Dutch Creator Guy

Dutch has a Zenith Supersport, Creator has a DEC Professional 300 and Guy X has a Commodore PET 2001.

2017-04-09 22:49 Two IIs

There are two more appearances for the Apple II in Never Forget and 3-2-1 Contact.

2017-04-04 23:56 The Arrival of an AT&T

The Arrival offers Starring the Computer its first AT&T Safari 3151.

2017-03-31 23:48 A Romantic IBM

A Little Romance has a small but significant appearance for a IBM System/360 model 91.

2017-03-24 22:34 MITS for CHiPs

The Day of the Robot episode from the sixth season of CHiPs has a large role for a Commodore 64 as part of the titular robot, but also has shots of a MITS Altair 8800.

2017-03-20 00:17 Chuck a Tandy in the Swamp

Chuck Versus the First Fight has a important role for a Tandy TRS-80 Model 4 and Swamp Thing has a Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer and several Tandy TRS-80 Model IIIs.

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.