ALF - Season 1, Episode 4, "Pennsylvania 6-5000" (1986)
There is an XT in the Tanner's garage.
IBM PC XT
This was IBM's second machine in their PC range. It featured CGA graphics, and hard disk support, but dropped support for a cassette interface.
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•ALF - Season 1, Episode 4, "Pennsylvania 6-5000" (1986) •Baby Boom (1987) •Bergerac - Season 5, Episode 2, "Winner Takes All" (1987) •Bones - Season 3, Episode 7, "Boy in the Time Capsule" (2007) •Code of a Killer - Season 1 (2015) •Dreams of a Life (2011) •The Equalizer - Season 1, Episode 3, "The Defector" (1985) •F/X (1986) •The Facts of Life - Season 6, Episode 9, "Dear Apple" (1984) •Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) •Flashback (1990) •Get Hard (2015) •The Girl from Tomorrow - Season 1, Episode 6, "Computer Games" (1992) •Groove (2000) •Halt and Catch Fire - Season 1, Episode 1, "I/O" (2014) •Halt and Catch Fire - Season 1, Episode 4, "Close to the Metal" (2014) •Halt and Catch Fire - Season 2 (2015) •Knight Rider - Season 4, Episode 20, "Fright Knight" (1986) •The Life and Loves of a She-Devil - Season 1, Episode 3 (1986) •MacGyver - Season 1, Episode 18, "Ugly Duckling" (1986) •Magnum, P.I. - Season 7, Episode 7, "Paper War" (1986) •Magnum, P.I. - Season 7, Episode 14, "On the Fly" (1987) •Miami Connection (1987) •Mr. Robot - Season 4, Episode 3, "403 Forbidden" (2019) •Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) •Poltergeist III (1988) •The Ray Bradbury Theatre - Season 2, Episode 9, "The Coffin" (1988) •Short Circuit 2 (1988) •Stand By Me (1986) •Stranger Strings (2018) •Stranger Things - Season 3, Episode 4, "Chapter Four: The Sauna Test" (2019) •Stranger Things - Season 4, Episode 4, "Chapter Four: Dear Billy" (2022) •Tales from the Loop - Season 1, Episode 1, "Loop" (2020) •Tangents (1994) •The Theory of Everything (2014) •The Tower (1985) •Turk 182! (1985) •The Twilight Zone - Season 1, Episode 13, "But Can She Type?" (1985) •The Twilight Zone - Season 1, Episode 17, "Quarantine" (1986) •Velvet Goldmine (1998) •X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) •Young Sheldon - Season 1, Episode 6, "A Patch, a Modem, and a Zantac" (2017) •Zui hou yi zhan (1987)
Baby Boom (1987)
The offices of the firm J.C. works for is equipped with IBM PC XTs.
Bergerac - Season 5, Episode 2, "Winner Takes All" (1987)
MacLeod has a number of PCs in his office, and receives death threats on one of them.
Bones - Season 3, Episode 7, "Boy in the Time Capsule" (2007)
The forensics team use the PC connected to an Amiga to load a game from a 5½" floppy disk.
Code of a Killer - Season 1 (2015)
Police headquarters is equipped with IBM PCs.
Dreams of a Life (2011)
Joyce uses an IBM PC in her job.
The Equalizer - Season 1, Episode 3, "The Defector" (1985)
There is an unused PC XT in the Soviet consulate.
F/X (1986)
The police officer investigating the death of Rollie's girlfriend uses the department's computers to link her killer with the corrupt Justice Department officers.
The Facts of Life - Season 6, Episode 9, "Dear Apple" (1984)
Blair talks to counselling software on the PC XT at college (after pressing a red button on the keyboard to enable voice recognition). The machine responds with wise remarks and pithy comebacks.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
Ferris uses his PC to alter his absence records on the school's computer. He later also uses it, with a mouse, to complete an "art work".
Flashback (1990)
Sheriff Hightower has a PC on his desk and later there are PCs in the FBI office.
Get Hard (2015)
James' future father in law keeps records of financial transactions on his old PC XT that James needs to prove his innocence.
The Girl from Tomorrow - Season 1, Episode 6, "Computer Games" (1992)
The school's computer room is equipped with PCs and, with the help of PJ, Alana uses one of them to access a government database of car registrations.
Groove (2000)
XTs are left in the warehouse's offices, and are used to try and convince a police officer that the rave is just an office party.
Halt and Catch Fire - Season 1, Episode 1, "I/O" (2014)
Gordon buys an IBM PC at Joe's insistence and extracts the BIOS code from it.
Halt and Catch Fire - Season 1, Episode 4, "Close to the Metal" (2014)
Cameron does her BIOS programming on an IBM PC.
Halt and Catch Fire - Season 2 (2015)
Mutiny's constantly-struggling on-line system is run on a motley collection of IBM PC XTs.
Knight Rider - Season 4, Episode 20, "Fright Knight" (1986)
The PA to the movie's producer has a PC XT on his desk, although he seems to prefer using his typewriter.
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil - Season 1, Episode 3 (1986)
The employment agency that Ruth creates have offices equipped with IBM PCs.
MacGyver - Season 1, Episode 18, "Ugly Duckling" (1986)
Kate uses an XT whilst she is being interrogated by government officials to demonstrate how she hacked in. She then uses it to turn out the lights in order to escape.
Magnum, P.I. - Season 7, Episode 7, "Paper War" (1986)
Higgins is writing a book on a PC. When Magnum plays a game of the same PC it wipes some chapters.
Magnum, P.I. - Season 7, Episode 14, "On the Fly" (1987)
Air traffic control staff use PCs and there is a PC in TC's office.
Miami Connection (1987)
Jane, girlfriend of Dragon Sound's bassist, takes a college course in computing in a classroom full of PCs.
Mr. Robot - Season 4, Episode 3, "403 Forbidden" (2019)
Early in his career, Zhang negotiates with IBM over adopting their technology in China. They have an IBM PC on display as a demonstrator.
Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999)
Bill Gates uses an IBM PC XT whilst continuing development on the DOS software.
Poltergeist III (1988)
A PC and a Apple IIe appear at the back of Carol Anne's classroom at school.
The Ray Bradbury Theatre - Season 2, Episode 9, "The Coffin" (1988)
Charles laboratory that he works in until the end of his life is equipped with an IBM PC.
Short Circuit 2 (1988)
A PC appears in the offices of a toy company.
Stand By Me (1986)
Gordie Lachance, as the story's narrator, is seen entering the final words of the film into his PC.
Stranger Strings (2018)
0011 is imprisoned and forced to program on a number of machines including a PC XT.
Stranger Things - Season 3, Episode 4, "Chapter Four: The Sauna Test" (2019)
Nancy and Jonathan are fired from the Hawkins Post by the editor Tom, who has a PC XT on his desk.
Stranger Things - Season 4, Episode 4, "Chapter Four: Dear Billy" (2022)
The director of the Pennhurst psychiatric institution has a PC on his desk.
Tales from the Loop - Season 1, Episode 1, "Loop" (2020)
Grown-up Loretta uses an IBM PC for her work.
Tangents (1994)
Nick uses his PC at home to develop the program for the time machine.
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Stephen has a PC XT in his office, although it looks like he is unable to use it.
The Tower (1985)
The engineer responsible for Lola as a PC that he uses as a remote console in his apartment.
Turk 182! (1985)
Jimmy visits a friend who is an expert on video, hoping to subvert the screens at the local football stadium. His friend uses a PC to demonstrate the technology.
The Twilight Zone - Season 1, Episode 13, "But Can She Type?" (1985)
Karen uses an IBM PC XT for her secretarial work, including to write her resignation letter.
The Twilight Zone - Season 1, Episode 17, "Quarantine" (1986)
Matthew uses an old PC to establish command control over the satellites.
Velvet Goldmine (1998)
The journalist Arthur Stuart uses an XT to research Brian Slade's new identity.
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)
The offices of the CIA are equipped with IBM PCs.
Young Sheldon - Season 1, Episode 6, "A Patch, a Modem, and a Zantac" (2017)
On a trip to the doctor, Sheldon uses a PC XT to download rocket thrust to weight ratios from NASA.
Zui hou yi zhan (1987)
The plant manager plays a game similar to Space invaders on a PC and a number of similar machines are found around the mine.
