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2012-09-14 11:59 Daryl's second helping

The Atari 600XL in D.A.R.Y.L. has been in the database for ages, but I've just added a few more computers that appear in the film, including Apple IIes, Tektronix 4051s and, making its debut, a DEC VAX 11/750.

2012-09-07 21:43 Apple Computers are like busses...

No updates for ages, sorry! I've been spending some time rewriting the code for the web site. No particularly visible changes yet, but more to come hopefully. Anyway, here's the latest batch of Apple Computer appearances: RocknRolla, The Mechanic, Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins, Sleeping Beauty, The Descendants, Kick-Ass, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (which also debuts a Dell PowerEdge 2650), and Wind (which also has a HELP[windmac, Mac-like] machine and a HELP[windlap, laptop] that I've not been able to identify).

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.