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:Made in 1983/84 and lasting a single season of 18 episodes, this show was about a teenage computer expert and his friends who would help the police and/or newspaper reporters solve crimes. An Unintentional Period Piece of 1980s home computing. Starred Max Gail (from Barney Miller) as a reporter. Notable for its mostly-realistic depiction of how computers work (or worked at the time). For example, they completely avert the "Enhance Button" trope - when they zoom in on a blurry image of a thief, the result looks like a pixellated bowl of oatmeal.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Other Wiki has an article on it here. Exhibits examples of these tropes:
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