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2009-07-21 22:57 Pump Up the PS/2

A number of IBM PS/2s appear in the 1990 film Pump Up the Volume.

2009-07-17 23:43 DecMate II

Another computer makes its debut on Starring-the-Computer. This time, it's a Digital DecMate II making an appearance in the comedy horror House.

2009-07-16 23:18 Pandora's Clock

Yet more Apples, this time in Pandora's Clock. We'll forgive it though because it features an Apple Newton Messagepad in addition to the normal dull Macbook.

2009-07-13 22:38 Slap Her Pomme

In another Apple whitewash, Slap Her... She's French offers an iBook, several iMacs and our first Power Macintosh G3.

2009-07-11 15:52 Season Three's an IT Crowd

The IT Crowd, season 3, offers a wide range of Starring-the-Computer goodness including reappearances for the Commodore Pet and Sinclair ZX81 and a range of firsts for the database: a MITS Altair 8800, an Amstrad CPC 464, an Oric Atmos, and, in the fifth episode, an Asus EEE PC.

2009-07-06 22:47 The 1301 Strikes Again

Another appearance of the ICT 1301 has been added to the database, this time in The Pink Panther Strikes Again.

2009-06-30 22:47 More Apples

The Glass House has a fair role for an Apple iBook. It's all Apples at the moment!

2009-06-29 08:48 Clockstoppers

Clockstoppers is a wall-to-wall Mac-fest including an iBook, iMac, Powerbook and, a Starring-the-Computer first, a Power Mac G4.

2009-06-20 09:41 CDC Remote Calculator

Well, I've been vacillating over this one for some time. I've come across a number of films that have a CDC remote calculator in them and, up until now, I'd not put them on the site. This beast was essentially a very specialised terminal. It had no processor of its own but connected to the CDC 6600 to make that machine's computing power easily available to scientists and mathematicians. I don't normally include terminals, but this is such a specialised piece of kit that was only ever used with the 6600 so I've decided to include them, but counting them as 6600 appearances. The films in question are Soylent Green, Westworld, and Marooned.

2009-06-19 23:14 Powerbook sees Daylight

Daylight has a brief role for a Powerbook 540c, the second Stallone film to feature this machine.

2009-06-17 08:04 Marooned Trancers

Marooned has a small section from an IBM 1620 panel, and the straight-to-video sequel Trancers II has small roles for an Amiga 2000 and an Apple IIGS.

2009-06-09 22:18 Master of iDisguise

Another entry marked "I've watched it so you don't have to"! The Master of Disguise is another product-placement coup for Apple with an iBook and an iMac. There were also a couple of Sony laptops that I couldn't identify.

2009-06-08 09:25 The Client

The Client as a couple of IBM PS/2 machines lying unused in the background a Model 30/55 and a Model 50/70.

2009-06-04 08:44 Turn your 11/05 on, son - you're nicked!

An episode from season 3 of The Sweeney features our first DEC PDP-11/05 in a pretty important role (although you get to see more of the attached VT52 than the machine itself).

2009-06-02 22:18 Spun Boys

An episode of The Hardy Boys features panels from the familiar IBM AN/FSQ-7 and the film Spun had a few Mac SEs knocking around the set.

2009-05-19 09:01 Nim's iLand

Nim's Island features a Powerbook G4 and, I can't believe we've got this far without one, an iMac G4.