Here's a collection of Panasonic Toughbook appearances. "Security", "Adieu les cons" and an episode of "The Wire" all feature the machine, as does "The Last Enemy" which also has a couple of machines making their Starring-the-Computer debut: the Nokia N800 and the Toshiba Portégé M400.

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2023-07-16%2000:12

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Here are some computers that appear in the second season of "Halt and Catch Fire". Throughout the season there is an Atari ST, many Commodore 64s and IBM PC XTs, and a Zenith Z-120. The IBM 3090 makes its debut appearance on Starring the Computer. And then there are some other machines that more fleeting appearances: the Atari 600/800 XL in episode 1, the AT&T PC 7300 playing a crucial role in episode 6, and an Apple Macintosh in the final episode.

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Here's a range of Commodore computers. There's a PET in the eighth episode of "The Sandman" and a VIC-20 in the fourth episode of "Taggart". The second episode of "Der Greif" ("The Gryphon") has a 64C and finally, "Blindside" has shots of an Amiga 1000.

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2023-06-12%2000:42

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We start with a couple of episodes of "Doomwatch" with "The Iron Doctor" which gives us our first ICT 1900, and "The Logicians" which has a ICT 1301. "W.E.I.R.D. World" has some shots on the ubiquitous IBM AN/FSQ-7 and "Wrong Is Right" has several appearances of the GE 635 and a small part of a Commodore PET 2001.

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2023-05-28%2017:36

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We have three laptops making their debut appearance on the site. "Bringing Down the House" is already here but I missed a brief appearance of a Compaq Presario 1400. The Sony VAIO YB makes its debut in "Carrie" and the Dell XPS M1710 appears in season one of "The Big Bang Theory". Finally, and old favourite the Apple Macbook Pro appears in "On the Rocks".

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2023-05-01%2015:42

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Here are a couple of appearances of computers that also feature Pink Floyd on the soundtrack. "Zabriskie Point" has a brief shot of some IBM AN/FSQ-7 panels and "The Committee" gives Starring the Computer its first IBM 1440.

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2023-04-16%2015:52

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Here's a collection of four appearances of Apple G4 machines. There is a Powerbook G4 in "Close Range" and the "ER" episode "April Showers", and there are iMac G4s in "Without a Paddle" and the "Sex and the City" episode "Catch-38".

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2023-02-24%2000:01

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The not very imaginatively named Wang WLTC makes its Starring-the-Computer debut in "Dick Francis: Twice Shy".

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We see in 2023 with some more big iron appearances. "Mission Mars" features an IBM System/360 system and there are panels from an IBM 1620 in the "Invisible Man" episode "Pin Money". There's a panel from an ICT 1301 in the "Doomwatch" episode "You Killed Toby Wren" and the "Face Off" episode of "The Event" has panels from the IBM AN/FSQ-7 (as well as a modern interloper - the Apple Macbook Air).

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Here are a couple of festive Apple appearances. There's a Powerbook G3 in Jack Frost, and an iMac G5 in Holiday in Handcuffs.

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A couple of laptops make their Starring-the-Computer debut: The IBM Thinkpad R60 in "Green Zone" and the Compaq Presario 1600 in the "Bette" episode" Big Business".

http://www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.html?i=2022-12-04%2013:30

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