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2010-04-05 15:09 Sperry Nice

No Way Out features Starring-the-Computer's very first Sperry computer, the Univac 90/80.

2010-04-02 14:15 A Pair of Dolls

A pair of IBM S/360 Model 30 appearances have been added: Doll Squad and How to Make a Doll.

2010-03-30 00:16 Four More Debutants

Three more features have been added to the database that between them contribute four new computers. Ghostbusters II has a small role for an HP Vectra. Blood Diamond has shots on an IBM Thinkpad 701. And finally, the Hong Kong film Zui hou yi zhan features two Vtech machines: the Laser 2001 and the Laser 3000.

2010-03-23 23:52 Futureworld Beneath the Sea

A couple more IBM AN/FSQ-7 appearances to report in Futureworld and in City Beneath the Sea (alongside an SDS Sigma 7 and Burroughs B205 tape drives).

2010-03-19 23:29 Big Fat Update 6

The Rogue Warrior episode of Airwolf has an IBM 5140. The very first episode of Parker Lewis Can't Lose has a very brief shot of an Epson HX-20. An episode of I Dream of Jeannie has an SDS Sigma 7 in an important role. There are a few IBM PS/2s in Alien Nation: Dark Horizons and Defense Play has a few AT&T PC 6300s. There are also the inevitable Apples: 40 Days And 40 Nights has a G4 Cube and a Powerbook G3, Quintuplets has an iMac and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People has a Macbook and, rather unexpectedly, a Sinclair ZX Spectrum.

2010-03-16 22:23 Heavy Petting

The Italian horror movie Incubo sulla città contaminata features a Commodore Pet 2001, and episodes of Tales of the City and The Company both feature later models of Pet.

2010-03-13 15:52 Four Debutants

I've just added four new machines to the database: an NEC PC-8401 in Dangerous Game, a Commodore Amiga 600 in an episode of Father Ted, an ICL 2900 series machine in Spies Like Us and an Outbound Notebook in Ghost in the Machine.

2010-03-09 22:37 Early Appearance

The Night the World Exploded has an important role for a Burroughs B205 computer. This film dates back to 1957, making it the earliest appearance so far for the 205 as well as Starring-the-Computer's earliest digital electronic computer.

2010-03-05 23:10 Two More 1301s

Two more appearances for the ICT 1301. James Bond seems to like the ICT because a second Bond film For Your Eyes Only features the machine. It also appears in the Hammer Horror film The Satanic Rites of Dracula.

2010-03-02 23:27 Tres Amigas

Puppet Master II and the Bergerac Episode There for the Picking both feature a Commodore Amiga 2000, and the film Quantum Apocalypse has a, new to Starring-the-Computer, Commodore Amiga 4000.

2010-02-28 23:11 Monkee vs Sigma 7

An episode of The Monkees called Monkee vs Machine has an important role for a Starring-the-Computer first — the SDS Sigma 7.

2010-02-27 11:48 Grange Hill

Two more episodes of Grange Hill feature computers. Episode 9 of the sixth series has a Commodore PET and Episode 5 of the eleventh series has a classroom full of BBC Micros.

2010-02-23 22:55 Five Commodores and a Sergeant with a Tandy

Commodore 64s appear in an episode of Smallville, the Greek film To Computer Tou Thanatou and the Italian film Sotto il vestito niente 2, which also features a Commodore Amiga 1000. Extreme Prejudice has small roles for a Commodore SX64 and a Tandy TRS-80 Model 100. Thanks are due to Richard for his Commodore tips.

2010-02-22 23:31 Killing Birds

Killing Birds has a brief glimpse of a Zenith PC and some rather good shots of a computer new to Starring-the-Computer: the IBM 5140 PC Convertible.

2010-02-19 23:24 Disaster Angel

Two more films, Disaster Movie and Dark Angel, add another few Apples to the database: Macs, a Mac SE, a Macbook, and our first Macbook Air.

2010-02-13 00:01 Blown Away by a SPARCstation

Blown Away features some nice shots of our first Sun SPARCstation. For some reason, Sun computers are very rare in movies/TV. Please let me know if you spot one!