Electric Dreams (1984) HDTV Oldies

This upbeat love story features an architect named Miles who decides to modernize his life by buying a computer. Not knowing a thing about them, he purchases the biggest, most powerful system he can get hold of and wastes no time in having all sorts of accidents - dropping it, spilling champagne on it, cross-wiring it. All of this ends up causing something amazing to happen -- the computer gains self-awareness. Using its word processor, speakers, and microphone, the computer learns to communicate with Miles and they become friends as Miles teaches it about life. Then a pretty cello player moves in next door and the shy Miles and super-intelligent but inexperienced computer conspire to get her to love Miles in the best tradition of Cyrano. After the computer and the woman start to share music through the heating ducts, the computer falls for the woman too. Soon, man and machine are battling for who has the right to date her. In the end, the computer concludes that it doesn't have a chance with the woman and wishes the couple a happy life together. It downloads itself into the electrical system and departs for destinations unknown, but not before invading a local radio station's computers to request a musical tribute to the new couple.