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Micro Men
Acorn Chris Curry Computing Home Computers Personal Computer Sinclair Sir Clive Sinclair ZX Spectrum
The Code Show December 4, 2018 0
Micro Men

Affectionately comic drama about the British home computer boom of the early 1980s. Legendary inventor Clive Sinclair battles it out with ex-employee Chris Curry, founder of Acorn Computers, for dominance in the fledgling market. The…

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SAM Coupé
Computing Home Computers Personal Computer SAM Coupé ZX Spectrum
The Code Show November 20, 2018 0
SAM Coupé

The SAM Coupé is an 8-bit British home computer that was first released in late 1989. The machine is based around a Z80B CPU clocked at 6 MHz. The machine was marketed as a logical…

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Sinclair C5
Sinclair Sinclair C5 Sir Clive Sinclair
The Code Show September 13, 2018 0
Sinclair C5

The Sinclair C5 is a small one-person battery electric velomobile, technically an “electrically assisted pedal cycle”. It was the culmination of Sir Clive Sinclair’s long-running interest in electric vehicles. Although widely described as an “electric…

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THE DAWN OF THE DIGITAL AGE
Computing
Gary McNab August 30, 2018 0
THE DAWN OF THE DIGITAL AGE

THE INTRODUCTION OF THE COMPUTING CURRICULUM IS A WELCOME STEP FORWARD, BUT HAVE WE MISSED AN OPPORTUNITY TO CELEBRATE OUR HISTORY? The Introduction of the computing curriculum saw a sea change in attitudes towards the…

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HOW BRITAIN ADOPTED THE HOME COMPUTER OF THE 1980s
Home Computers
Mark Grogan August 14, 2018 0
HOW BRITAIN ADOPTED THE HOME COMPUTER OF THE 1980s

PART 1: FROM EARLY HOBBYIST TYPE BEGINNINGS TO THE HOME COMPUTER ENTERING BRITISH MAINSTREAM HOUSEHOLDS. If we were are refer to the early 1980s as the Home Computer boom, then it can be said that…

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Robotron KC87
Home Computers
The Code Show August 5, 2018 0
Robotron KC87

The Robotron KC 87 was an 8-bit home computer produced in East Germany in 1987. Based around a 2.5 MHz U880 CPU, essentially a Zilog Z80 clone with a BASIC interpreter in ROM and software…

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Commodore PET
Commodore Commodore PET Computing Home Computers Personal Computer
The Code Show August 3, 2018 0
Commodore PET

The Commodore PET is a line of home/personal computers produced starting in 1977 by Commodore International. The system combined a MOS 6502 microprocessor, Commodore BASIC in read only memory (ROM), a keyboard, a computer monitor…

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