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Ian McNaught-Davis
Acorn BBC Micro Chris Curry Computing Education Home Computers Personal Computer
The Code Show May 30, 2019 0
Ian McNaught-Davis

Ian McNaught-Davis (30 August 1929 – 10 February 2014) was a British television presenter best known for presenting the BBC television series The Computer Programme, Making the Most of the Micro and Micro Live in…

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David Braben
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The Code Show May 28, 2019 0
David Braben

David Braben has been called “one of the most influential computer game programmers of all time”, based on his early game development with the Elite series in the 1980s and 1990s. Next Generation listed him…

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Micro Men
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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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Acorn Atom
Acorn Atom BBC Micro Chris Curry Computing Education Home Computers
The Code Show July 4, 2018 0
Acorn Atom

Released from 1980 until 1982. The Atom was a home computer from Acorn. It was essentially a progression of the MOS-6502 based machines that the company had been producing from 1979. The Atom was Acorn’s…

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Acorn Archimedes A3010 & 30120
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The Code Show March 6, 2018 0
Acorn Archimedes A3010 & 30120

Acorn Archimedes A3020 and A3010 models were introduced in September 1992 as a lower cost replacement to the original A3000 model, but the A3000 has a sole emphasis on the educational market, where the later…

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BBC Micro
Acorn BBC Micro Chris Curry Computing Education Home Computers Personal Computer STEM
The Code Show March 6, 2018 0
BBC Micro

Released on 1st December 1981, the BBC Micro is a microcomputer produced by Acorn, which was built for the BBCs Computer Literacy Project. The way these machines were produced and the way they worked, there…

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Acorn Electron
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The Code Show October 17, 2017 0
Acorn Electron

Designed by Acorn, the Electron was designed to be a budget version of the BBC Micro. Acorn designed a single, customized ULA chip that was able to emulate the BBC Micro hardware, but it did…

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