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2011-04-11 21:55 A Mixed Bag of Apples

John Tucker Must Die has an iBook G4, a Power Mac G5 and a Powerbook G4, the Bloodhound Gang segment of 3-2-1 Contact often featured a Apple II, 10 Things I Hate About You has a Powerbook 3400, Any Given Sunday a few Powerbook G3s and Män som hatar kvinnor (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo) has a Powerbook G4.

2011-04-04 23:08 New DEC, Apple and Grid

Three computers make a first Starring-the-Computer entries. The first season of Riptide regularly features a Grid Compass, The Jackal has a number of Apple Macintosh Quadra 650s and The Stone Tape has some nice shots of a DEC PDP-8/F.

2011-03-26 10:46 Darkside of the Rainbow

Thanks to Dirk for spotting that an episode of Tales from the Darkside has a DEC Rainbow in a crucial role, and also a brief glimpse of a HP 150.

2011-03-23 23:28 A Box of Newcomers

The Box has very brief views of a number computers, all new to Starring the Computer: a HP 9830, a DEC PDP-8/i, a DEC PDP-11/34 and a DEC PDP-12. Thanks to Dave (who supplied the computers to the movie's producers) for the tip.

2011-03-13 16:29 A Team of Computers

A number of episodes of the A-Team feature computers. Bounty and Trouble Brewing both have a Tandy TRS-80 Model 4, Mission of Peace has Starring-the-Computer's first shot of a Vector Graphics Vector 4, and an Olivetti M20 makes a number of appearances in Season 5. Thanks to Richard for pointing these out to me.

2011-03-09 23:15 A Pod of Powerbooks

All of the following films feature Powerbook G3s or G4s: Mr Deeds, Something's Gotta Give, Bringing Down the House, Cafe Luminere, Catwoman and Daredevil.

2011-02-26 15:31 Paws

The Australian film Paws has Starring-the-Computers first Apple Macintosh Quadra 630 and a pocket computer that I wasn't able to identify. HELP[paws, Do you know what it is?]

2011-02-23 23:56 A Mixed Bag

Think Big has a role for a Zenith Supersport, Tricks of the Trade has some brief shots of the AT&T PC 7300, Stowaway to the Moon features panels from the IBM AN/FSQ-7, and Call To Danger has some good shots of another IBM machine, the System/370.

2011-02-13 17:44 Birds of Prey

The miniseries Bird of Prey and Bird of Prey 2 have machines including the Apple II, Commodore Pet and Acorn Electron and three Starring-the-Computer newcomers the Sharp PC-3101, Apricot PC and the HP 9836.

2011-02-10 23:54 The Time Machine

The 1978 TV movie The Time Machine is a bit of a rich seam for computers of a certain age with shots of panels from the IBM AN/FSQ-7 and SDS Sigma 7, and a Starring-the-Computer debut for a Sperry UNIVAC 1100/40. Thanks to Mike for the tip.

2011-02-04 20:39 CDC 3100

Making its Starring-the-Computer debut in the film The Mad Bomber is the CDC 3100. And another debutant, an Atari Mega STE makes an appearance in Consenting Adults.

2011-01-28 22:36 Six More C64s

All of the following feature Commodore 64s: Nu ji xie ren, Control Alt Delete, an episode of Ashes to Ashes, Suck, Fortress, and Notte prima degli esami which also has a Commodore Amiga 2000.

2011-01-27 00:22 Torpedo Data Computer

A rare appearance for an electromechanical analog computer, Run Silent Run Deep is probably the only film to feature the Arma Torpedo Data Computer, and an extremely accurate portrayal it is too.

2011-01-22 20:11 The Stepford Wolf Gang

The Stepford Wives has an Apple Powerbook G4, Cry Wolf has the first appearance of a IBM Thinkpad T20 and The Sasquatch Gang has an Apple Macintosh Classic.

2011-01-16 21:51 709 on 66

Another computer makes its Starring-the-Computer debut, this time a proper bit of ancient big-iron. Season 1, Episode 18 of Route 66 features an IBM 709 mainframe.

2011-01-12 12:12 Junior SGI

Junior has a number of shots of the SGI Indy. As far as I know, that's every on-screen appearance of the Indy recorded on Starring-the-Computer. Please prove me wrong!