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2007-10-15 08:20 Love the Strange IBM, Doctor

I've just added Doctor Strangelove to the database. It features some lovely shots of an IBM 7090.

2007-09-30 17:46 Holy IT Crowd, Batman!

Two more additions to the database: the 1966 TV spinoff Batman - The Move features an ancient Burroughs machine, and season one of the IT Crowd has a bevy of old home computers (a Beeb, a Pet and a ZX81).

2007-09-24 07:58 2010

Dr Heywood Floyd uses the, by then, 26-year-old Apple IIc in 2001. Technology has improved, though, because it can run without a power supply!

2007-09-19 09:06 Another Acorn

Acorn computers are having a bit of a run now. I've just added Clockwise to the database which has a nice little cameo by a BBC Micro, complete with its user manual!

2007-09-18 09:37 Rajah 1200

An Acorn Master Compact makes a guest appearance in Only Fools and Horses, disguised as the Rajah 1200.

2007-09-18 09:07 How to Make a Monster

I had heard that How to Make a Monster contained SGI equipment, and whilst it has plenty of SGI flat-screen monitors there are no visible boxes. A Plam PDA and a Compaq laptop make a pretty poor substitute.

2007-09-10 08:22 Three more films added

A PET makes a suprise appearance in Star Trek II, there's a library full of Televideo TS-803s in Pretty in Pink, and, in common with many other feature-film adaptions of Michael Crichton novels, Congo has a load of SGI kit on display.

2007-09-04 09:20 The Royal Apples

I've just added The Royal Tenenbaums to the database, features Apple computers old and new. I've been told that there's a TRS-80 in there somewhere too, although I've been unable to spot it.

2007-08-06 13:17 First Commodore

I can't believe we got 35 computers in before Commodore made an appearance, but here it is: an A500 playing a rather important part in the Costa-Gavras movie Betrayed.

2007-08-03 17:56 Yet more Apples

House of Sand and Fog, has a fleeting glimpse of an old Mac SE.

2007-08-02 15:30 Tandy makes an entrance

I've just added Revenge of the Nerds to the database starring a Coco - the first Tandy to make it to starringthecomputer.com.

2007-07-20 20:04 Another early PDA

This time it's a Psion playing a vital part in Executive Decision. All that, and Hercules Poirot is the bad guy!

2007-07-18 06:16 First Newton

Apple's revolutionary Newton appears in Under Siege 2, which I've just added to the site - the first Newton to appear here (but not the last). This film also features the much less interesting Toshiba T4600C laptop.

2007-07-12 09:39 SGIs in Disclosure

There are Indys all over the place in the Michael Douglas Thriller Disclosure, which I have just added to the database.

2007-07-11 09:24 Brainstorm

Brainstorm joins Colossus: The Forbin Project in rolling the IBM 1620 out of retirement.

2007-07-09 15:42 Batman and Robin

Added Batman and Robin, with more Apple product placement.