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2012-08-13 21:25 Search for Burroughs

Thanks to Glenn for the tip-off on this one. The 1970s TV series Search has regular appearances for Burroughs B205 tape drives as well as a Starring-the-Computer newcomer: the Burroughs B220.

2012-08-08 22:59 Fango bollente

The Italian film Fango bollente has plenty of nice close-up shots of an IBM System/370.

2012-08-01 00:19 Iron Man

Iron Man has old and new to offer, with an Apple II and, a first for Starring the Computer, a Dell XPS M2010.

2012-07-23 23:17 Philadelphia

As well as an IBM PS/2, Philadelphia has a Starring-the-Computer first, an IBM Thinkpad 700, and a HELP[philadelphia, machine I've not yet identified]. Do you know what it is?

2012-07-14 22:02 A Commodore Collection

Commodore 64s appear in The Hugga Bunch and the Remington Steele episode Sting of Steele. There's a Commodore 128 in Like Father Like Son, an Amiga 2000 in Finders Keepers, an Amiga 500 in Metamorphosis: The Alien Factor and both a 500, a 2000 and an interloping Atari ST in Bodo - Eine ganz normale Familie.

2012-07-07 10:45 Die Hard: With a Compaq

Thanks to Andrea who spotted a Starring-the-Computer debutante, the Compaq Concerto, in the film Die Hard: With a Vengeance.

2012-07-03 23:33 Firestarter

Firestarter has the odd DecMate II in the background as well as a brief appearance of a single panel from an IBM AN/FSQ-7.

2012-06-22 22:43 Hunt a Toughbook

The Steve Austin vehicle Hunt to Kill has quite an important role for a Panasonic Toughbook. (Thanks, Chris!)

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.