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We have another pair of Commodore Amiga 1000s making an appearance in an episode of "Miami Vice" and an episode of "Our House". This slightly less common Atari ST also appears in the first episode of "Round the Twist".
http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2026-04-24%2015:23
#computersinmovies #retrocomputing #AtariST #Amiga1000
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First off, an OG IBM PC AT makes an appearance in "Mona Lisa". All the remaining desktop machines are making their Starring-the-Computer debut. There's a Tandy 1200 HD in "A View to a Kill", a NEC Powermate 2 in "Taking Care of Business", and "Deep Impact" has a role for a Compaq Presario 9546 (as well as an incidental Apple Powerbook 5300).
http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2026-
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Here are some mainframes that we have seen before and some that are new to the site. "Rambo: First Blood Part II" has the familiar GE 635 and the "Doctor Who" story "The Ambassadors of Death" features the ICT 1201 and LEO II. Then we have an Italian film and a Spanish one, both with computers making their debut appearance: the Sperry UNIVAC 1107 in "Yeti - Il gigante del 20° secolo" and the Fujits
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Here are two appearances of terminals that could act as stand-alone computers. "The New Avengers" episode "The Gladiators" has a Texas Instruments Model 770 Intelligent Terminal and "Assignment Five" of "Sapphire and Steel" gives the site its first Sperry UNIVAC UTS 400.
http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2026-03-29%2014:44
#computersinmovies #retrocomputing #UNIVAC
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We have another pair of Commodore Amiga 1000s making an appearance in an episode of "Miami Vice" and an episode of "Our House". This slightly less common Atari ST also appears in the first episode of "Round the Twist".
http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2026-04-2…
There's a Zenith Z-181 in an episode of "Hunter", "Switch" has a Zenith EaZy pc, "Ghost Da"d has a Zenith Supersport and "The Hit List" has a Zenith Z150 and the AT&T Safari NSX/20 makes its debut appearance.
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First off, an OG IBM PC AT makes an appearance in "Mona Lisa". All the remaining desktop machines are making their Starring-the-Computer debut. There's a Tandy 1200 HD in "A View to a Kill", a NEC Powermate 2 in "Taking Care of Business", …
Here's another collection of laptops and portables. "Justice" has two machines making their Starring-the-Computer debut: the Dell Latitude D5X0 and the Nokia N900. "Sabotage" has another debutante, the Texas Instruments Extensa 450 (and a …
Here are some British computers appearing on British TV. An episode of "Dodger, Bonzo & the Rest" has two Amstrads: a CPC 464 and a CPC 6128. "Making Out" has another Amstrad with a PC 1512 appearing in some scenes. An episode of "Maths Co…
Here are four appearances of AT&T machines. There is a PC 6300 in "Coming to America" and "Alien Nation" and the PC 7300 appears in "UHF" and the "Miami Vice" episode "Definitely Miami".
http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2…
Here are four films featuring either a IBM PS/2 Model 50 or IBM PS/2 Model 30 or similar: "Internal Affairs", "Le denier du colt", "Out on a Limb" and "Mind Ripper".
http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2026-06-06%2012:07
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Here are some mainframes that we have seen before and some that are new to the site. "Rambo: First Blood Part II" has the familiar GE 635 and the "Doctor Who" story "The Ambassadors of Death" features the ICT 1201 and LEO II. Then we have …
Here are three more minicomputer appearances. "The Blues Brothers" sees the Harris H100 make its Starring-the-Computer debut, and then we have a couple of DEC VAX machines appearing in TV episodes. The "Just Shoot Me!" episode "When Nina M…
All of the following feature at least one Apple computer from the Apple III to the Macbook Pro: "Tron: Ares", "Pitch Perfect", "Are We There Yet?", "Goodbye World", "Upstream Colour", "Trust the Man", "Class of 1999 II: The Substitute", "V…
Here's a collection of mostly new to the site laptops and portables. "The Island" has an HP TC1100 and the "Malcolm in the Middle" episode "Hal Coaches" has a Compaq Portable both of which we have seen before. "The Juror" has a Lexmark Lex…
Here are two appearances of terminals that could act as stand-alone computers. "The New Avengers" episode "The Gladiators" has a Texas Instruments Model 770 Intelligent Terminal and "Assignment Five" of "Sapphire and Steel" gives the site …
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